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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Jim Vanns <james.vanns@framestore.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Odd blocking (or massively latent) issue - even with EXPLAIN
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:09:16 -0400
Message-ID: <29948.1343056156@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1343032905.12579.3.camel@sys367.ldn.framestore.com>
References: <1343032905.12579.3.camel@sys367.ldn.framestore.com>

Jim Vanns <james.vanns@framestore.com> writes:
> We're seeing SELECT statements and even EXPLAIN (no ANAYLZE) 
> statements hang indefinitely until *something* (we don't know what)
> releases some kind of resource or no longer becomes a massive bottle
> neck. These are the symptoms.

Does anything show up as blocked in the pg_locks view?

Could you attach to the stuck process with gdb and get a stack trace?

			regards, tom lane



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