Re: pgpool versus sequences

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>, robertmhaas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, mangoo <mangoo(at)wpkg(dot)org>, "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Kevin(dot)Grittner" <kevin(dot)grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pgpool versus sequences
Date: 2011-06-02 00:02:09
Message-ID: 29613.1306972929@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Excerpts from Tatsuo Ishii's message of mi jun 01 19:08:16 -0400 2011:
>> What pgpool really wanted to do was locking sequence tables, not
>> locking rows in sequences. I wonder why the former is not allowed.

> Yeah -- why is LOCK SEQUENCE foo_seq not allowed? Seems a simple thing
> to have.

I don't see any particular reason to continue to disallow it, but does
that actually represent a workable solution path for pgpool? Switching
over to that would fail on older servers.

regards, tom lane

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