Re: FOR SHARE vs FOR UPDATE locks - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:52 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > The functionality in this area isn't yet complete anyway; we still have
> > locking in the partitioned table case to consider.
> 
> Hm?  What does partitioning have to do with it?

SELECT FOR UPDATE/SHARE is not supported for inheritance queries.

My point was that the implementation of row locking is not yet complete,
so the slight wrinkle around lock upgrading is not a solitary eyesore.

--  Simon Riggs              EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com