Re: Race between SELECT and ALTER TABLE NO INHERIT

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Kyotaro HORIGUCHI <horiguchi(dot)kyotaro(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Race between SELECT and ALTER TABLE NO INHERIT
Date: 2017-09-13 03:05:05
Message-ID: CANP8+jKYX8ZXihHNO+G=eLtyEsvTCEJFnz6Y_p8aHgfH7Sps0g@mail.gmail.com
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On 26 June 2017 at 10:16, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp> wrote:

> BTW, in the partitioned table case, the parent is always locked first
> using an AccessExclusiveLock. There are other considerations in that case
> such as needing to recreate the partition descriptor upon termination of
> inheritance (both the DETACH PARTITION and also DROP TABLE child cases).

Is this requirement documented or in comments anywhere?

I can't see anything about that, which is a fairly major usage point.

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