Re: Inconsistencies in documentation of row-level locking

On 10/10/14, 8:31 AM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Currently all the row-level lock modes are described in the page for
> SELECT query:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/explicit-locking.html#LOCKING-ROWS
> However, after browsing the documentation, I noticed in the page
> describing all the explicit locks of the system that there is a
> portion dedicated to row-level locks and this section is not
> mentioning at all FOR KEY SHARE and FOR NO KEY UPDATE. It seems that
> this is something rather misleading for the user:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/explicit-locking.html#LOCKING-ROWS
>
> Attached is a patch that refactors the whole and improves the documentation:
> - Addition of a table showing the conflicts between each lock
> - Moved description of each row-level lock mode to the explicit locking page
> - Addition of a link in SELECT portion to redirect the user to the
> explicit locking page

Did this get committed? Should probably add it to the commitfest if not...
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