Re: Clarity on how LOCK interacts with INHERIT

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Robins Tharakan <tharakan(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Clarity on how LOCK interacts with INHERIT
Date: 2013-04-12 21:09:07
Message-ID: CA+U5nM+Px1b_C48xLH-Jg1iXejLmn6Za=NRFxo-ZGA50kAa83Q@mail.gmail.com
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On 12 April 2013 21:59, Robins Tharakan <tharakan(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> postgres=# CREATE TABLE lock_tbl6 (b BIGINT) INHERITS (lock_tbl5);
> CREATE TABLE

> postgres=> LOCK TABLE lock_tbl6 * IN access EXCLUSIVE MODE;
> LOCK TABLE

> postgres=> LOCK TABLE lock_tbl5 IN access EXCLUSIVE MODE;
> ERROR: permission denied for relation lock_tbl5
> STATEMENT: LOCK TABLE lock_tbl5 IN access EXCLUSIVE MODE;
> ERROR: permission denied for relation lock_tbl5

No problem.

LOCK * locks only the descendants, so tbl5 is not locked since it is
not a decendant of tbl6.

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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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