Hello, (sorry my english, google translate) When I drop tables that does not exist, the drop may remain in queue. sql>DROP TABLE ci__data__agregats ; DROP TABLE ci__data__reporting ;DROP TABLE ci__data__reporting_ci ; DROP TABLE ci__data__reporting_regle; DROP TABLE ci__data__resultats; DROP TABLE ci__data__resultats_datamart; DROP TABLE ci__data__traductions; DROP TABLE ci__ref__calcul_final; DROP TABLE ci__ref__traductions_agregats; DROP TABLE src__arv__achat; DROP TABLE src__bil__commandes; DROP TABLE src__eve__abo; DROP TABLE src__eve__qlf; DROP TABLE src__eve__vpc; DROP TABLE src__mia__inscrits; DROP TABLE src__sdv__inscrits; operation successful (28.442ms) DROP TABLE: no such table 'ci__data__reporting' DROP TABLE: no such table 'ci__data__reporting_ci' DROP TABLE: no such table 'ci__data__reporting_regle' operation successful (28.490ms) operation successful (28.497ms) operation successful (28.502ms) operation successful (28.507ms) operation successful (28.511ms) DROP TABLE: no such table 'src__arv__achat' DROP TABLE: no such table 'src__bil__commandes' DROP TABLE: no such table 'src__eve__abo' DROP TABLE: no such table 'src__eve__qlf' DROP TABLE: no such table 'src__eve__vpc' DROP TABLE: no such table 'src__mia__inscrits' DROP TABLE: no such table 'src__sdv__inscrits' sql>select * from sys.queue(); +------+---------+----------------------------+----------------------------+----------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------------+ | qtag | user | started | estimate | progress | status | tag | query | +======+=========+============================+============================+==========+=========+===================+=================================+ | 12 | monetdb | 2014-10-17 14:34:16.000000 | 2014-10-17 14:34:16.024000 | null | running | 51539607560@0 | drop table src__arv__achat; | | 13 | monetdb | 2014-10-17 14:34:16.000000 | 6453-11-03 00:20:26.928000 | null | running | 140082976780320@0 | drop table src__bil__commandes; | | 14 | monetdb | 2014-10-17 14:34:16.000000 | null | null | running | 4@0 | drop table src__eve__abo; | | 15 | monetdb | 2014-10-17 14:34:23.000000 | null | null | running | 11776651@0 | select * from sys.queue(); | +------+---------+----------------------------+----------------------------+----------+---------+-------------------+---------------------------------+ 4 tuples (1.504ms) We do a lot of drop followed by create table. We believe that this is related to a concern for duplication in the catalog table ( table xxx is not single , corrupt catalog ? ) Pierre -- 1G6 52 route de bischwiller 67300 Schiltigheim Société de Services et de Formations en Logiciels Libres http://1g6.biz Tél : 06 64 63 70 35