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To: Karl Wright <kwright@metacarta.com>
cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: REINDEX/SELECT deadlock? 
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Comments: In-reply-to Karl Wright <kwright@metacarta.com>
	message dated "Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:59:58 -0400"
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:38:01 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Karl Wright <kwright@metacarta.com> writes:
> I just noticed what looks like a deadlock situation on postgresql
> 8.2.4.

Did you look into pg_locks to see what locks those transactions have and
are waiting for?

			regards, tom lane