Re: [PATCHES] NO WAIT ...

Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
>>I agree with Tom here. I have used the Oracle NOWAIT feature in the
>>past and think it is a great feature IMHO. But when you need to use it,
>>you want it to apply very specifically to a single statement. Using a
>>sledge hammer when you need a tweezers isn't the right way to go.
>
>
> Once I have written patches for 7.3 to implement this feature for LOCK
> statement. For example:
>
> test=# LOCK TABLE sales NO WAIT;
> ERROR: Cannot aquire relation lock
>
> If there's enough interest, I will modify and submit it for 7.5.
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That would be great.
Many people are asking for that.
Maybe I have time to implement that for SELECT FOR UPDATE.

Hans

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