Rod Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I not convinced it is waiting on a lock. The queries on that table are > very short (couple of milliseconds) -- but there are a ton of them. All > backends appear to be idle (pg_stat_activity with command shown) when we > start the drop and shortly after huge backups occur.
Well, you could prove the point by attaching to the backend with a debugger and getting a stack trace ... if it's not waiting for a lock, that would give us some idea what it is doing ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html