stupid Q regarding "UPDATE waiting" - Mailing list pgsql-general

From cm@coretec.at (Christian Mock)
Subject stupid Q regarding "UPDATE waiting"
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Msg-id 20020827174009.GA7620@notemock.coretec.at
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Responses Re: stupid Q regarding "UPDATE waiting"  (Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>)
List pgsql-general
hello,

I'm doing long-running transactions which insert into tables A and B,
and when I try to update table C from another session, the update
hangs until the first transaction is done; the related postgres process
shows as "UPDATE waiting" in ps.

Why is this, and is there a way around it?

tnx,

cm.

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