Checked some logs and a backup job was running at the same time as the insertions. Must have been the backup job locking a file. Is there a way to get the server to restart or should I reinstall? Scott Marlowe wrote: > Like Jonathan pointed out, looks like a permission issue. We see > these things show up on Windows boxes quite often when a virus checker > / spyware checker kicks in and does something stupid like lock a file > that postgresql needs to have exclusive access to. > > Simple answer there is to put postgresql on it's own machine with no > spyware detection / anti-virus software on it, or more complexly, tell > it to ignore the directories where postgresql lives. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings -- Kyle Wilcox NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office 410 Severn Avenue Suite 107A Annapolis, MD 21403 office: (410) 295-3151 Kyle.Wilcox@xxxxxxxx "It is from the wellspring of our despair and the places that we are broken that we come to repair the world." - Murray Waas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster