Gregory Stark wrote: > > I'm still not precisely clear what's going on, it might help if you posted the > actual schema and the deadlock message which lists the precise locks that > deadlocked. > > Are any of the DML you mention on other tables on those tables with foreign > key references to this one? Maybe this has to do with FKs and an old release, which used SELECT FOR UPDATE in the FK triggers. Those were well-known for causing deadlocks back then. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.