Vick Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org> writes:
> My question is this: will ALTER TABLE ONLY $subtable DISABLE TRIGGER
> ALL within a transaction only affect my transaction, or will it affect
> anyone inserting into this subtable. If it blocks external inserts
> that's ok since my transactions are small while moving the data. I
> guess at worse I lock the table.
Yeah, ALTER TABLE will lock the table anyway. As long as you re-enable
the triggers before committing, it won't affect any other transaction.
regards, tom lane