Re: [HACKERS] LOCK TABLE statement

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: sferac(at)proxy(dot)bazzanese(dot)com (Jose' Soares Da Silva)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-questions(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] LOCK TABLE statement
Date: 1998-04-22 14:28:24
Message-ID: 199804221428.KAA24050@candle.pha.pa.us
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>
> Hi, all
>
> Is the following sentence true ?
>
> * LOCK TABLE statement don't allows read access to locked tables by
> the other users.
> If another user try to SELECT a locked table, he must attend
> until the locked table is released.
>
> I have heard about another syntax of LOCK TABLE that allows read access
> to locked tables, on v6.3.2.
> Is it true or I've dream ?

No, perhaps in 6.4. However, any select from a table does it.

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