Re: LOCK for non-tables

On Jan15, 2011, at 02:03 , Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Me, too. But I don't agree with your particular choice of small
>> syntax adjustment. Maybe we should just let the issue drop for now.
>> Nobody's actually complained about this that I can recall; it's just a
>> comment that's been sitting there in pg_dump for ages, and I was
>> inspired to think of it again because of the SQL/MED work. I'm not
>> sufficiently in love with this idea to walk through fire for it.
>
> Agreed. Once there's some pressing need for it, it'll be easier to make
> the case that some amount of incompatibility is acceptable.

Assuming that day will come eventually, should we deprecate the LOCK <table>
shortcut now to ease the transition later? If people want that, I could go
through the docs and add some appropriate warnings.

best regards,
Florian Pflug