hi,
Dimitar Georgievski wrote, On 4/15/2004 23:07:
> hi,
>
> i'm running an update procedure on a table with approximately 100,000
> records. The problem is the procedure is running endlessly even when the
> update is very simple like in the following example:
>
> update mytable
> set client_id = 1
> where mytable_id = 1
>
> mytable_id is the primary key of mytable.
>
> the process under which the update is running reports among the usual
> process data "UPDATE waiting".
>
> I'm using PostgreSQL 7.3.4 on SuSE 9.0. From what I have seen it doesn't
> look like that the host computer has problem with the resources.
>
> Any idea why is this happening?
could be, after you send some info: your table schema, your explain
analyze result, triggers, or any other info. Any other transaction
running again mytable while you try to update?
C.
