| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> | 
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| To: | Sebastian Bossung <bossung(at)gmx(dot)de> | 
| Cc: | Postgres General Mailinglist <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> | 
| Subject: | Re: Detecting locks | 
| Date: | 2001-04-23 15:44:28 | 
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0104231742510.758-100000@peter.localdomain | 
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Sebastian Bossung writes:
> how do you find out if a row is locked _before_ using SELECT ... FOR UPADTE
> on it. The SELECT will wait for the lock to be removed (if there was one),
> making the user think the app crashed.
There is currently no way to detect locks.  You could implement a timeout
in your application after which you send a query cancel.  A waiting lock
still distinguishes it from a crashed program, ISTM.
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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net   http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter
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