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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: truncate partitioned table locking
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Msg-id 20384.1150741590@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to truncate partitioned table locking  ("Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@counterpane.com>)
Responses Re: truncate partitioned table locking  ("Aaron Bono" <postgresql@aranya.com>)
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"Sriram Dandapani" <sdandapani@counterpane.com> writes:
> I have master table A, inherited by Table B and Table C

> Does the truncation of a child table take a lock on the master table ?

No, but it certainly locks the child table ... and queries on A are
going to try to scan all three tables.

            regards, tom lane

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