On 2014-03-03 20:32:13 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Afair (I really haven't rechecked) all the actions that have a changed
> > locklevels affect things that pg_dump recreates clientside, using a
> > repeatable read snapshot, so there shouldn't be much change there?
>
> You're missing the point entirely if you think pg_dump recreates
> everything client-side.
No, I am not obviously not thinking that. What I mean is that the things
that actually change their locking requirement in the proposed patch
primarily influence things that are reconstructed clientside by
pg_dump. E.g ALTER TABLE ... CLUSTER ON, SET(...), ...
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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