Re: Read Lock For Foreign Key

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jon Swinth <jswinth(at)atomicpc(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Read Lock For Foreign Key
Date: 2002-08-13 21:17:31
Message-ID: 200208132117.g7DLHVR20552@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Jon Swinth <jswinth(at)atomicpc(dot)com> writes:
> > How come having foreign keys take out a read lock on a parent row
> > rather than a write lock is not on the todo list?
>
> It is, although I agree that the language is something other than plain
> English:
>
> * Implement dirty reads and use them in RI triggers

I was wondering if that is what they were discussing.

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