Re: [HACKERS] pgsql: Add lock matrix to documentation.

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] pgsql: Add lock matrix to documentation.
Date: 2007-02-18 01:29:59
Message-ID: 200702180129.l1I1Txf04831@momjian.us
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OK, I have updated "Conflicting lock modes" to show as conflicts, added
"Current/Requested" headings, add linked to the table from text. Here
is the updated version:

http://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/explicit-locking.html#TABLE-LOCK-COMPATIBILITY

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Oleg Bartunov wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> > Am Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2007 16:32 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> >> Log Message:
> >> -----------
> >> Add lock matrix to documentation.
> >
> > This needs some revisions. The table needs to be mentioned somewhere in the
> > text, so the reader knows when or why to refer to it. Also, the cryptic
> > abbreviations need to be expanded or explained. And then the concept of
> > lock "compatibility", as the table puts it, is not used anywhere else in the
> > documentation. The table should be put in terms of conflicts instead.
> >
>
> Another version with expanded abbreviations is
> http://mira.sai.msu.su/~megera/pgsql/lockmatrix/c2.html, if remove
> UPDATE EXCLUSIVE.
>
> While compatibility matrix is a commonly accepted termin, I agree, that
> using conficts would be better in context of our docs.
>
> Regards,
> Oleg
> _____________________________________________________________
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> Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University, Russia
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