Re: Outer Join with For Update

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "alexandre :: aldeia digital" <alepaes(at)aldeiadigital(dot)com(dot)br>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Outer Join with For Update
Date: 2002-09-03 21:31:19
Message-ID: 18071.1031088679@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"alexandre :: aldeia digital" <alepaes(at)aldeiadigital(dot)com(dot)br> writes:
> SELECT A.id, B.desc from A left join B ON B.id=A.id FOR UPDATE OF A,B
> If I have a null rellation in B, the error in postgres is:
> "SELECT FOR UPDATE cannot be applied to the nullable side of an OUTER JOIN"

Yup.

> DB2 simply ignore the FOR UPDATE ...
> I think that is the correct form...

That seems obviously wrong to me. What good is a FOR UPDATE if it fails
to lock down the rows that created your result?

regards, tom lane

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