[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Gauri Kanekar") writes:
> Basically we have some background process which updates "table1" and
> we don't want the application to make any changes to "table1" while
> vacuum.  Vacuum requires exclusive lock on "table1" and if any of
> the background or application is ON vacuum don't kick off. Thats the
> reason we need to get the site down.

VACUUM has not required an exclusive lock on tables since version 7.1.

What version of PostgreSQL are you running?
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