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Re: can't reindex a couple of tables

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Brendan Duddridge <brendan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> They both have a click_count column that we update with "update  
> attribute set click_count = click_count + 1;" and the same for the  
> attribute_value table. Postgres is getting hung up on any transaction  
> that attempts to update the click_count. I've vacuum analyzed both  
> tables and that worked fine. Now I tried to reindex them and Postgres  
> is just locking up and never finishing. I had to cancel the reindex.

I'd wonder about some open transaction with a weak lock on these
tables.  REINDEX needs exclusive lock, vacuum doesn't.
Look in pg_locks ...

			regards, tom lane


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