On 10/11/07, Carlos H. Reimer <carlos.reimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "Carlos H. Reimer" <carlos.reimer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > SELECT * or naming all the columns locks the client > > application. Yesterday > > > I´ve wrongly said that when naming all the columns instead of > > using the * > > > the applications did not lock. > > > > Hm, are you sure it's not one specific column that's causing the > > problem? > Yes, I´ve just doublechecked again. The table has 11 columns, I used 11 > SELECTs, one for each column, and all run successfully. Started adding more > columns, no problem. When the full list of columns was specified in the > SELECT it locked. If you turn on stats_command_string do you see in select * from pg_stat_activity; for the current_query ??? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq