"Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@counterpane.com> writes:
> Real question is: Why do the INSERTS go into wait state as soon as the
> lock table statement is issued on the parent?
If you were just inserting directly into other child tables, a lock on
either the parent or the target child table shouldn't affect them.
I wonder if you are using conditional rules to redirect the inserts,
and the rules include a reference to the target table? If that's the
case, you really need to drop the relevant rule before you remove the
child table, anyway.
regards, tom lane
