Re: [CORE] FOR SHARE vs FOR UPDATE locks

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-core(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [CORE] FOR SHARE vs FOR UPDATE locks
Date: 2006-12-01 20:55:30
Message-ID: 3319.1165006530@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> imo, the most likely scenario would be a begin/exception/end block in
> pg/sql. i would venture to guess that very little true savepointing
> happens in practice. maybe add a little note of caution pg/sql error
> handling documentation?

I mentioned exception blocks as a risk factor, but I think the right
place to document it is under FOR UPDATE/SHARE:
http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml.diff?r1=1.93;r2=1.94

regards, tom lane

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