Postgresql UPDATE LOCKS unrelated rows. - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Ravi T Ramachandra
Subject Postgresql UPDATE LOCKS unrelated rows.
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Msg-id 4223A04BF7D1B941A25246ADD0462FF5D27E9B@blr-m3-msg.wipro.com
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Responses Re: Postgresql UPDATE LOCKS unrelated rows.  (Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone.bigpanda.com>)
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Hi,
 
We are using postgresql 7.3.2 on lunux platform.   We performed locking test as follows via JDBC: 
 
Started 2 concurrent transaction with autocommit false and isolation READ_COMMITTED :
 
Transaction 1:
===========
Update row 1
Sleep for 30 seconds
commit:
 
Transaction 2:
===========
Updated row 10000
commit
 
The second update had to wait for the first update operation to finish. We also made sure that the 2 unrelated rows are not on the same page.
 
Is this expected behavior ?
Does update lock the whole table ?
 
Regards,
Ravi
 
 
 
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