Re: Locking question? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Locking question?
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Msg-id 20070129195800.GG14134@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Locking question?  ("Shoaib Mir" <shoaibmir@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Locking question?  ("Shoaib Mir" <shoaibmir@gmail.com>)
Re: Locking question?  ("Gurjeet Singh" <singh.gurjeet@gmail.com>)
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Shoaib Mir wrote:
> While debugging an application, I just wanted to confirm from the list here:
>
> Suppose I have a long running transaction which has a few updates and
> inserts running on some specific tables which means it has acquired
> Exclusive locks too during the transaction on specific table but if just
> before commit the client app crashes and the commit is never sent, will the
> Exclusive locks be automatically released?

Yes  (assuming the backend dies in the process, which may not happen if
the app dies silently and while not waiting for anything from the
server).

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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