Re: Comment on max_locks_per_transaction

On 6/15/12 12:25 PM, Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-06-15 at 11:05 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> The default, 64, has historically proven sufficient for most databases,
>> but you might need to raise this value if you have clients that touch
>> many different tables in a single transaction. Databases with several
>> tables with many partitions each can require raising this setting.
>
> Is "partition" defined somewhere else in the docs?
>
> Maybe it should say something like: "Extensive use of table inheritance
> is the most common reason to increase this value from the default",
> assuming that's what you meant.

Hmmm. I think we should also say "partitioning", as well as
"inheritance". Maybe:

"Extensive use of table inheritance, such as for tables with many
partitions, may require raising this setting."

Works?

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