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To: Brian Cox <brian.cox@ca.com>
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Subject: Re: multiple threads inserting into the same table 
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Comments: In-reply-to Brian Cox <brian.cox@ca.com>
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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:02:52 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Brian Cox <brian.cox@ca.com> writes:
> This is a java app. A thread dump reveals that these 5 threads are all
> asleep on a socket read to postgres (see below).

It seems clear that what you've got isn't a performance problem.
May I suggest taking it to pgsql-jdbc?  The folk there are more likely
to be able to help you figure out what's wrong than most of us.

			regards, tom lane