Postgresql DROP TABLE doesn't work

Question

I\'m trying to drop a few tables with the \"DROP TABLE\" command but for a unknown reason, the program just \"sits\" and doesn\'t delete the table that I want i

Answer 1

Just do

SELECT pid, relname
FROM pg_locks l
JOIN pg_class t ON l.relation = t.oid AND t.relkind = 'r'
WHERE t.relname = 'Bill';

And then kill every pid by

kill 1234

Where 1234 is your actual pid from query results.

You can pipe it all together like this (so you don't have to copy-paste every pid manually):

psql -c "SELECT pid FROM pg_locks l 
    JOIN pg_class t ON l.relation = t.oid AND t.relkind = 'r' 
    WHERE t.relname = 'Bill';" | tail -n +3 | head -n -2 | xargs kill