Thread: Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL?

Re: [HACKERS] What can we learn from MySQL?

From
"Merlin Moncure"
Date:
Correction:
> For the record:
> PostgreSQL currently has row level locking: locks are acquired by
writing
> to the data and released by committing/rolling back a transaction.
What
> makes this different from traditional 'library book model' locking
systems
> is that writers do not block writers, only other readers.  Basically,
the

last sentence is backwards: writers block writers, not readers

Merlin