Re: using index or check in ALTER TABLE SET NOT NULL

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org,Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>,Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Sergei Kornilov <sk(at)zsrv(dot)org>,Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>,"pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: using index or check in ALTER TABLE SET NOT NULL
Date: 2017-11-29 16:55:02
Message-ID: 900056D1-32DF-4927-8251-3E0C0DC407FD@anarazel.de
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On November 29, 2017 8:50:31 AM PST, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
>As for conflicting snapshots, isn't the lock we're taking already
>AccessExclusive..?

Doesn't help if e.g. the current xact is repeatable read or if your own xact deleted things (other xacts with snapshots could still see null rows, despite new take definition).

Andres
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