Re: Read Lock For Foreign Key - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Read Lock For Foreign Key
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Msg-id 200208132117.g7DLHVR20552@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Read Lock For Foreign Key  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Jon Swinth <jswinth@atomicpc.com> writes:
> > How come having foreign keys take out a read lock on a parent row
> > rather than a write lock is not on the todo list?
>
> It is, although I agree that the language is something other than plain
> English:
>
> * Implement dirty reads and use them in RI triggers

I was wondering if that is what they were discussing.

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