On 9/24/07, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-09-22 at 23:49 -0500, Jaime Casanova wrote:
> > On 6/19/07, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > related TODO items:
> > > - add a WAIT n clause in same SQL locations as NOWAIT
> > > - add a lock_wait_timeout (USERSET), default = 0 (unlimited waiting)
> > >
> > > to provide better control over lock waits.
> > >
> >
> > are these actual TODO items? i can't find them on the TODO list and i
> > don't remember any discussion nor patch about this
>
> They are my proposals for TODO items to assist with application
> development.
>
while i'm not at all comfortable with the idea of a GUC for this, the
WAIT clause seems to be useful.
just out of curiosity, why the NOWAIT patch wasn't do it that way in
first place, i mean like a WAIT clause and when receiving NOWAIT
transform it in WAIT 0?
maybe dicussion?
there's concensus in adding a WAIT clause?
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regards,
Jaime Casanova
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