On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 12:27:25PM +0900, Tatsuo Ishii wrote:
> However even one of transactions, for example 647 commits, still it
> shows as if 647 is a member of muitixid 3.
>
> test=# select * from pgrowlocks('t1');
> locked_row | lock_type | locker | multi | xids
> ------------+-----------+--------+-------+-----------
> (0,1) | Shared | 3 | t | {646,647}
> (1 row)
>
> Am I missing something?
By design, a MultiXactId does not change its membership, that is, no
members are added nor deleted. When this has to happen (for example a
row is locked by another backend), a new MultiXactId is generated. The
caller is expected to check whether the member transactions are still
running.
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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]alvh.no-ip.org>)
"El que vive para el futuro es un iluso, y el que vive para el pasado,
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