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* dropping a large table is taking a very long time (about 2 hours so far)
@ 2012-09-24 21:10 Evan Walter <ewalter@decisionanalyst.com>
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From: Evan Walter @ 2012-09-24 21:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
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There were probaby about 5 million records in the table. I do not believe
there were any foreign keys to the table The drop table has been going for
over 2 hours. Is that normal?
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* Re: dropping a large table is taking a very long time (about 2 hours so far)
@ 2012-09-24 21:15 Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>
parent: Evan Walter <ewalter@decisionanalyst.com>
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From: Steve Crawford @ 2012-09-24 21:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Evan Walter <ewalter@decisionanalyst.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin
On 09/24/2012 02:10 PM, Evan Walter wrote:
> There were probaby about 5 million records in the table. I do not
> believe there were any foreign keys to the table The drop table has
> been going for over 2 hours. Is that normal?
I'd check for locks from other transactions preventing the drop. One
possibility is a running backup.
Cheers,
Steve
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* Re: dropping a large table is taking a very long time (about 2 hours so far)
@ 2012-09-24 21:33 Vibhor Kumar <vibhor.aim@gmail.com>
parent: Evan Walter <ewalter@decisionanalyst.com>
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From: Vibhor Kumar @ 2012-09-24 21:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Evan Walter <ewalter@decisionanalyst.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin
On Sep 24, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Evan Walter <ewalter@decisionanalyst.com> wrote:
> There were probaby about 5 million records in the table. I do not believe
> there were any foreign keys to the table The drop table has been going for
> over 2 hours. Is that normal?
Not to me. I would have checked if DROP command is in waiting state. Also looked at pg_locks for more information on locks.
Thanks & Regards,
Vibhor Kumar
Blogs:http://vibhork.blogspot.com
http://vibhorkumar.wordpress.com
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