commit after dead lock - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Gaetano Mendola
Subject commit after dead lock
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Msg-id 4019A484.5010509@bigfoot.com
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Responses Re: commit after dead lock  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone.bigpanda.com>)
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Hi all,
is it normal that postgres dont complain
doing a commit after a deadlock ?

kalman=# select * from test where a = 5 for update;
ERROR:  deadlock detected
DETAIL:  Process 4144 waits for ShareLock on transaction 40180; blocked
by process 4141.
Process 4141 waits for ShareLock on transaction 40181; blocked by
process 4144.
kalman=# commit;
COMMIT
kalman=#


Regards
Gaetano Mendola


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