Dan99 escribió: > Hi, > > I found out this morning that I cannot get pg_dump to work at all on > my database. It refuses to create a dump and instead just freezes. > When using the verbose option (-v) i get the following output and then > it stops (it at one point ran for days on end before i even noticed) > > pg_dump: saving encoding > pg_dump: saving database definition > pg_dump: reading schemas > pg_dump: reading user-defined types > pg_dump: reading user-defined functions > pg_dump: reading user-defined aggregate functions > pg_dump: reading user-defined operators > pg_dump: reading user-defined operator classes > pg_dump: reading user-defined tables > > I think this problem is somehow related to a VIEW problem that I > have. I created a VIEW of semi-large tables, which did not come back > with any errors. However, when I go to view it, it never finishes > loading. Also, I cannot drop this view as this as well never > finishes. Perhaps somebody has a lock on a table or view. Try select relation::regclass, database, transaction, pid, mode, granted from pg_locks; Do you see anything related to the view you created? -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/DXLWNGRJD34J "This is a foot just waiting to be shot" (Andrew Dunstan) ---------------------------(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
