Re: java is locked when select for update

Mican,

You can use the statement timeout GUC parameter to time out the second
one. However in general holding a lock in a gui
is a bad idea if you are holding it for any length of time. You may
want to re-think your locking strategy.

Dave

Mican Bican wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I use Postgresql 8.0.1 with java 5 and jdbc3 on windows xp.
>
>When I do a "select for update" a row.. and dont commit the statement
>and when in this time an other user do also this. my java gui wait and
>locked till the first user commit his statement.. my question is how
>can I realize this with java.. for example why they are not a
>SQLException or are Error like "an other user is updating this row"...
>or can I say to java "dont wait" or "dont lock" when you make a select
>for update and an other user before you make this..
>
>thank you..
>
>best regards
>
>Mican Bican
>
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