Re: locking mechanism

From: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>
To: Sumaira Ali <nat_lazy(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: locking mechanism
Date: 2003-02-23 18:46:16
Message-ID: 1046025974.84130.242.camel@jester
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On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 13:19, Sumaira Ali wrote:
> hi,
> i wanted to know whether in postgresql, a single process can wait on
> acquiring multiple locks and if can hold
> multiple locks at the same time?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.3&idoc=0&file=sql-lock.html

The docs answer those questions. No to the first, yes to the second.

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