Re: "Create index" lock type

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Greg Rychlewski (LCL)" <Greg(dot)Rychlewski(at)loblaw(dot)ca>
Cc: "pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "Create index" lock type
Date: 2020-07-15 01:34:02
Message-ID: CAKFQuwandQ-4pjUwKds+kk87x7LH3EfeyNncpvjG3xb0_0kvLg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tuesday, July 14, 2020, Greg Rychlewski (LCL) <Greg(dot)Rychlewski(at)loblaw(dot)ca>
wrote:

> What kind of lock does the “create index” (not concurrent) command take?
> From the documentation, it says that it blocks out writes. But I’m not sure
> how to find the exact lock type in the documentation.
>
>
>
> The reason I’m asking is because I’m trying to see if it conflicts with
> the lock taken by autovacuum (to prevent wraparound), “SHARE UPDATE
> EXCLUSIVE”.
>
> Share

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/explicit-locking.html#LOCKING-TABLES

David J.

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