Re: Problem with inherited table, can you help?...

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>
To: Russell Smith <mr-russ(at)pws(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, Net Virtual Mailing Lists <mailinglists(at)net-virtual(dot)com>, Pgsql General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Problem with inherited table, can you help?...
Date: 2005-03-11 14:23:51
Message-ID: 20050311142351.GC3823@dcc.uchile.cl
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On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 06:16:28PM +1100, Russell Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 03:39 am, Michael Fuhr wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 01:31:21AM -0800, Net Virtual Mailing Lists wrote:
>
> > Some have suggested that PostgreSQL should use a weaker lock on the
> > referenced key, but that hasn't been implemented yet.
>
> Are there actually any problems with only getting a AccessShareLock?

Yes, because there is no infrastructure to get any type of lock save
an exclusive lock (not sure to which lmgr lock type is equivalent) on a
per-row basis.

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[(at)]dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>)
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si tuviera que sacarlo todo de su propio interior" (Goethe)

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