Did you have a server crash and are you using MySQL?
You may have locked tables in your database. If you use PhpMyAdmin you can check and fix this pretty easily using the operations tab. You can also run myisamchk as described here:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/myisamchk.html
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