Re: deadlock detected during insert

> > Can you able to give some test cases? Here i have tried, but unable to
> > detect deadlock.
>
> Not a complete or tested example, but:
> create table a (a int primary key);
> create table b ( b int references a);
> insert into a values (1);
> insert into a values (2);
> Transaction 1: begin;
> Transaction 2: begin;
> Transaction 1: insert into b values (1);
> Transaction 2: insert into b values (2);
> Transaction 1: insert into b values (2);
> Transaction 2: insert into b values (1);
>
> - This really shouldn't be a deadlock, but given the locking level the
> foreign keys currently use I'm pretty sure it'd cause one.

It shouldn't be, but it is detected. But i am able to eliminate it using
the lock in share row exclusive mode. Am i right using this lock?

regards,
bhuvaneswaran

> > BTW, do we have any link about deadlock detection during insert command as
> > we have for update command?
>
> Not sure really.