> I agree with Tom here. I have used the Oracle NOWAIT feature in the
> past and think it is a great feature IMHO. But when you need to use it,
> you want it to apply very specifically to a single statement. Using a
> sledge hammer when you need a tweezers isn't the right way to go.
Once I have written patches for 7.3 to implement this feature for LOCK
statement. For example:
test=# LOCK TABLE sales NO WAIT;
ERROR: Cannot aquire relation lock
If there's enough interest, I will modify and submit it for 7.5.
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Tatsuo Ishii
