Re: beta5 ... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Lincoln Yeoh
Subject Re: beta5 ...
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Msg-id 3.0.5.32.20010217114331.010c3330@192.228.128.13
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In response to Re: beta5 ...  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Re: beta5 ...  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Re: beta5 ...  (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>)
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At 04:17 PM 2/16/01 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>Vadim says (and I agree) that we really ought to implement a new
>lightweight lock manager that would fall between spinlocks and regular
>locks in terms of overhead and functionality.  But it's not reasonable

Will there be an arbitrary user locking feature? E.g. lock on arbitrary
text string. That would be great :). 

BTW, is 7.1 going to be a bit slower than 7.0? Or just Beta 5? Just
curious. Don't mind waiting for 7.2 for the speed-up if necessary.

Cheerio,
Link.




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