Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 items

From: Vadim Mikheev <vadim(at)krs(dot)ru>
To: "Jackson, DeJuan" <djackson(at)cpsgroup(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, ZEUGSWETTER Andreas IZ5 <Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, "'kar(at)webline(dot)dk'" <kar(at)webline(dot)dk>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 6.6 items
Date: 1999-06-08 17:52:06
Message-ID: 375D5846.41BCFCC9@krs.ru
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"Jackson, DeJuan" wrote:
>
> What about potential deadlocking issues with vacuum? Haven't tried to
> deadlock vacuum, but wondering if it's possible.

Shouldn't be possible.

Vacuum never acquires AccessExclusive lock on more than
one table at once. This lock is released immediately
after a relation processed.

SELECT/COPY_TO queries from pg_dump lock relations
in AccessShare mode for duration of query.

Vadim

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