Andrea,
> i'm sorry for the curiosity.... but
> could you share, if it's possible, this workaround? ;)
> (if it's not the one you describe at the beginning thread
> e.g. don't use LIMIT 1)
Well, we actually roped in the pg_locks view to do a "SELECT the first row not
already locked for update". Then added some code on the client end for
error handling, like race conditions and no rows being returned, both of
which happen in production.
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--Josh
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco