derek <jmorgan3@uwf.edu> writes:
> I am trying to populate/create a database with CREATE TABLE AS SELECT
> like so:
> CREATE TABLE test_table AS
> SELECT row_number() over() as gid, cells.geom
> FROM test_geom_function(1,2,3) AS cells;
> This works on one database instance, but not on another. On the database
> it doesn't work on it seems to hang on executing and when I cancel it I get
> ERROR: canceling statement due to user request
> CONTEXT: while inserting index tuple (6,13) in relation
> "pg_type_typname_nsp_index"
> SQL state: 57014
Hmm (pokes around) ... That error context message seems to only be
possible if we were blocked waiting for some other transaction.
I theorize that you have an uncommitted transaction someplace that
has created the same table name. Cancelling it would fix things.
regards, tom lane