Re: Vaccuum allows read access?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alfred Perlstein <bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL HACKERS <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Vaccuum allows read access?
Date: 2000-07-21 18:58:01
Message-ID: 200007211858.OAA19036@candle.pha.pa.us
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> I could have sworn I saw a post where you (Tom Lane) figured out how
> to get tables to be read-only while performing a vaccuum rather than
> being completely locked.
>
> Is this true? Is it in the -PATCHES branch?

In the current sources, analyze allows read-access. I don't think
vacuum allows any other access because the rows are moving in the file.

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