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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: Shrikant Bhende <shrikantpostgresql@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Alter command getting stuck on a table
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2020 07:44:34 -0500
Message-ID: <4965.1578401074@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <70527e5e5ca140cd0950c1e8c63e19221a207ddc.camel@cybertec.at>
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	<70527e5e5ca140cd0950c1e8c63e19221a207ddc.camel@cybertec.at>

Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> writes:
> On Tue, 2020-01-07 at 14:58 +0530, Shrikant Bhende wrote:
>> I am trying to add a column to a table but it's not working, I have also tried
>> reindex and drop on the same table but those commands are also getting stuck.

> There is a concurrent session which has an open transaction which
> holds some lock on the table in question.

Yes, that looks like the cause.  The pg_locks view could help you
find the culprit session.

			regards, tom lane





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