Re: SKIP LOCKED DATA (work in progress)

On 23 May 2014 21:18, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> PostgreSQL already chose to follow the Oracle syntax when we
>> implemented NOWAIT. So my proposal is that we follow the Oracle syntax
>> again and use the words SKIP LOCKED.
>>
>> I don't see any advantage in inventing new syntax that leaves us
>> incompatible with Oracle, nor do I see any need to be compatible with
>> both Oracle and DB2 since the latter is much less likely to gain us
>> anything in practice.
>
> +1.

Hello

Please find attached a rebased version of my SKIP LOCKED
patch (formerly SKIP LOCKED DATA), updated to support only the
Oracle-like syntax.

I posted a small test program here:
https://github.com/macdice/skip-locked-tests

Would anyone who is interested in a SKIP LOCKED feature and
attending the CHAR(14)/PGDay UK conference next week be
interested in a birds-of-a-feather discussion?

Best regards,
Thomas Munro