Re: new "row-level lock" error messages

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: new "row-level lock" error messages
Date: 2013-07-17 18:43:35
Message-ID: 20130717184335.GG4165@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> In general, I find these new wordings to be a loss of clarity. There is
> no indication on the SELECT man page or in the documentation index what
> a "row-level lock" is at all.
>
> I would suggest that these changes be undone, except that the old
> "SELECT FOR ..." be replaced by a dynamic string that reverse-parses the
> LockingClause to provide the actual clause that was used.

Hmm, that's an idea. If there are no objections, I'll get this fixed.

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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