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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Fundamental change of locking behavior in 7.1
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In response to RE: Fundamental change of locking behavior in 7.1  ("Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>)
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"Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp> writes:
> In PostgreSQL,'lock table' acquires a AccessExclusiveLock by default.
> IMHO ExclusiveLock is sufficient for ordinary purpose.

People who want that kind of lock can get it with LOCK TABLE IN
EXCLUSIVE MODE.  I do not think it's a good idea to change the
default kind of lock acquired by a plain LOCK TABLE, if that's
what you're suggesting ...
        regards, tom lane

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