Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BAAF9FA380 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:42:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 78738-07-2 for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:42:55 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD7F69FB22C for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:42:54 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9AGgqCM025632; Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:42:52 -0400 (EDT) To: Tobias Brox cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: long running transactions In-reply-to: <20061010164142.GA5360@oppetid.no> References: <20061010161027.GA18908@oppetid.no> <25404.1160497420@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20061010163913.GA8097@oppetid.no> <20061010164142.GA5360@oppetid.no> Comments: In-reply-to Tobias Brox message dated "Tue, 10 Oct 2006 18:41:42 +0200" Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:42:52 -0400 Message-ID: <25631.1160498572@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200610/196 X-Sequence-Number: 21325 Tobias Brox writes: > [Tobias Brox - Tue at 06:39:13PM +0200] >> Thanks a lot for the quick reply - I've already identified one >> long-running transaction. > belonging to autovacuum ... how come? Blocked on someone else's lock, maybe? regards, tom lane