Re: locks in CREATE TRIGGER, ADD FK

From: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
To: Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: locks in CREATE TRIGGER, ADD FK
Date: 2005-03-22 06:10:11
Message-ID: 423FB6C3.8010107@samurai.com
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Neil Conway wrote:
> AndrewSN pointed out on IRC that ALTER TABLE ... ADD FOREIGN KEY and
> CREATE TRIGGER both acquire AccessExclusiveLocks on the table they are
> adding triggers to (the PK table, in the case of ALTER TABLE). Is this
> necessary? I don't see why we can't allow SELECT queries on the table to
> proceed while the trigger is being added.

Sorry, I forgot to mention: I think RowExclusiveLock or ExclusiveLock
would be sufficient instead.

-Neil

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