Re: LOCK for non-tables

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>, fgp(at)phlo(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: LOCK for non-tables
Date: 2011-01-14 22:13:22
Message-ID: 12721.1295043202@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> It's a major undertaking trying to write software that runs against
> PostgreSQL for more than one release. We should be making that easier,
> not harder.

None of the proposals would make it impossible to write a LOCK statement
that works on all available releases, so I think the above argument is
a tad off-topic.

regards, tom lane

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