Re: Postgres locks table schema?

Hi.

I will give it a try. Although, I do remember that the lock occurs on the
first transaction - so basically there should be nothing to commit yet?

Thanks,
Stas.

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us]
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 9:35 PM
To: Stas Oskin
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Postgres locks table schema?

"Stas Oskin" <stas(at)neo(dot)co(dot)il> writes:
> When running SQL scripts, which change the tables' schema, we sometimes
> experience a lock of these tables' schema. The lock occurs on the first
> command of the script, on the first modified table. When this occurs, no
> further schema modification for this table is possible, until the server
is
> restarted, which is very problematic for a production environment.

Try committing the transaction that performed the schema modification
;-)

regards, tom lane