2005/8/29, Michael Fuhr <mike@xxxxxxxx>: > > In general, writers shouldn't block readers. Have you examined > pg_locks? Do you know exactly what the blocked queries are, or can > you find out from pg_stat_activity (stats_command_string must be > enabled)? Are you doing any explicit locking (LOCK statement)? > This is one of the blocked queries: select count (*) from times_producao where pontos_0 - pontos_7 > 0; These selects were done during the updating: select * from pg_locks; relation | database | transaction | pid | mode | granted ----------+----------+-------------+-------+---------------------+--------- 1813938 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 1813938 | 1813868 | | 7040 | RowExclusiveLock | t 1813938 | 1813868 | | 7040 | ShareLock | t 1813938 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessExclusiveLock | t 1813939 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 1813939 | 1813868 | | 7040 | RowExclusiveLock | t 1813939 | 1813868 | | 7040 | ShareLock | t 1813939 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessExclusiveLock | t 1813914 | 1813868 | | 24012 | AccessShareLock | f 1813892 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 1813892 | 1813868 | | 7040 | RowExclusiveLock | t 1813914 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 1813914 | 1813868 | | 7040 | RowExclusiveLock | t 1813914 | 1813868 | | 7040 | ShareLock | t 1813914 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessExclusiveLock | t 1813896 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 16839 | 1813868 | | 12751 | AccessShareLock | t 2314110 | 1813868 | | 26871 | AccessShareLock | f 1813914 | 1813868 | | 26844 | AccessShareLock | f | | 288553 | 26844 | ExclusiveLock | t | | 288561 | 24012 | ExclusiveLock | t | | 288548 | 7040 | ExclusiveLock | t | | 288558 | 26871 | ExclusiveLock | t 1813914 | 1813868 | | 31212 | AccessShareLock | f 2314110 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 2314110 | 1813868 | | 7040 | RowExclusiveLock | t 2314110 | 1813868 | | 7040 | ShareLock | t 2314110 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessExclusiveLock | t | | 288556 | 31212 | ExclusiveLock | t | | 288562 | 12751 | ExclusiveLock | t 1813887 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 2314112 | 1813868 | | 7040 | ShareLock | t 2314112 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessExclusiveLock | t 1813907 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 1813911 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t (35 rows) select * from pg_stat_user_tables as a inner join pg_locks as b on a.relid = b.relation ; relid | schemaname | relname | seq_scan | seq_tup_read | idx_scan | idx_tup_fetch | n_tup_ins | n_tup_upd | n_tup_del | relation | database | transaction | pid | mode | granted ---------+------------+-------------------+----------+--------------+----------+---------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+----------+----------+-------------+-------+---------------------+--------- 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 24012 | AccessShareLock | f 1813892 | public | last_date | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813892 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 1813892 | public | last_date | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813892 | 1813868 | | 7040 | RowExclusiveLock | t 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 7040 | RowExclusiveLock | t 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 7040 | ShareLock | t 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessExclusiveLock | t 1813896 | public | times | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813896 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 2314110 | public | times_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2314110 | 1813868 | | 31383 | AccessShareLock | f 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 12351 | AccessShareLock | f 2314110 | public | times_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2314110 | 1813868 | | 26871 | AccessShareLock | f 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 26844 | AccessShareLock | f 2314110 | public | times_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2314110 | 1813868 | | 24021 | AccessShareLock | f 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 31212 | AccessShareLock | f 2314110 | public | times_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2314110 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 2314110 | public | times_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2314110 | 1813868 | | 7040 | RowExclusiveLock | t 2314110 | public | times_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2314110 | 1813868 | | 7040 | ShareLock | t 2314110 | public | times_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2314110 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessExclusiveLock | t 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 26872 | AccessShareLock | f 1813887 | public | datas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813887 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 1813914 | public | usuarios_producao | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813914 | 1813868 | | 8875 | AccessShareLock | f 1813907 | public | usuarios | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813907 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t 1813911 | public | usuarios_indice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1813911 | 1813868 | | 7040 | AccessShareLock | t (23 rows) I had just enabled stats_command_string and in about 15 hours i will be able to post pg_stat_activity. Regards, Clodoaldo Pinto ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match