Re: Locking for function creation

From: Mark Morgan Lloyd <markMLl(dot)pgsql-general(at)telemetry(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-general(at)PostgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Locking for function creation
Date: 2006-12-04 15:38:58
Message-ID: 45744112.96361B5B@telemetry.co.uk
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Richard Huxton wrote:
>
> Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> >
> > If I might ask a related question- assuming that a client has grabbed a
> > restrictive lock during a transaction that e.g. is create/replacing functions,
> > what happens to other sessions that attempt to run a select or update- will they
> > fail (i.e. an implicit NOWAIT) or will they wait until the lock is released?
> > Does this vary depending on whether a select/update is within an explicit
> > transaction?
>
> They will wait without an explicit NOWAIT. This applies whether the
> transaction is explicit or implicit.

Just what I was hoping. Many thanks for your help :-)

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