Re: [PATCHES] NO WAIT ...

From: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHES] NO WAIT ...
Date: 2004-02-19 01:00:45
Message-ID: 20040219.100045.41631437.t-ishii@sra.co.jp
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> I agree with Tom here. I have used the Oracle NOWAIT feature in the
> past and think it is a great feature IMHO. But when you need to use it,
> you want it to apply very specifically to a single statement. Using a
> sledge hammer when you need a tweezers isn't the right way to go.

Once I have written patches for 7.3 to implement this feature for LOCK
statement. For example:

test=# LOCK TABLE sales NO WAIT;
ERROR: Cannot aquire relation lock

If there's enough interest, I will modify and submit it for 7.5.
--
Tatsuo Ishii

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