Re: ACCESS EXCLUSIVE LOCK

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: seth(dot)m(dot)green(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: ACCESS EXCLUSIVE LOCK
Date: 2006-03-02 13:43:23
Message-ID: 20060302134322.GA5404@surnet.cl
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seth(dot)m(dot)green(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> This may be a newbie question, but according to the 7.4 docs, an ACCESS
> EXCLUSIVE lock is only acquired by the ALTER TABLE, DROP TABLE,
> REINDEX, CLUSTER, and VACUUM FULL commands.
>
> However, when viewing pg_locks during the execution of a stored
> procedure that does not perform any of the above commands, I see that
> the table it is working on is locked by ACCESS EXCLUSIVE.

Is the SP executing a LOCK TABLE perchance?

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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