Kim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Running a vac on an 8.2 client connecting to an 8.2 database (following 
> example was for a 14 row static table) - vacuums will sit (for lack of a 
> better word) for anywhere from ten to twenty minutes before taking a 
> lock out on the table and doing work there.

How big is this database (how many pg_class entries)?  What do you get
from "VACUUM VERBOSE pg_class"?  The truss results make it sound like
the problem is pgstat_vacuum_tabstat() taking a long time, but that code
has not changed since 8.1 ...

                        regards, tom lane

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