Re: Table locks

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Dale Anderson <danderso(at)crystalsugar(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Table locks
Date: 2000-10-09 17:43:04
Message-ID: 200010091743.NAA11909@candle.pha.pa.us
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I want to write an admin utility that will view backend SQL queries, and
be able to view locks and statistics using gdb on the running backend.

> "Dale Anderson" <danderso(at)crystalsugar(dot)com> writes:
> > Is there any way to view the locks being held on a table??
>
> There is not any good way --- lock.c has a routine called DumpAllLocks,
> but it's not even compiled by default, let alone connected up to any
> reasonable calling method. I've been thinking for awhile that we
> desperately need some simple way of dumping out the state of the lock
> manager...
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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