Re: feature request - update nowait

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Eduardo Piombino <drakorg(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi, would it be possible to implement a nowait modifier to the update
> statement in order to tell it not to wait and raise an error -just like a
> select for update nowait would-, instead of defaulting to waiting forever
> until the lock becomes available?
>
> The lack of such a modifier nowadays forces me to do a select for update
> before every update on which I need the fastest response possible, and it
> would be great if it could be integrated into the command itself.
>
> Just an idea.

+1

note you may be able to emulate this by sneaking a nolock into the
update statement in a highly circuitous fashion with something like:
update foo set v = 2 from (select 1 from foo where id = 1 for update
nowait) q where id = 1;

merlin