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From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: Jeremy Palmer <JPalmer@linz.govt.nz>
Cc: "pgsql-performance@postgresql.org" <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Does exclusive locking improve performance?
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* Jeremy Palmer (JPalmer@linz.govt.nz) wrote:
> In normal circumstances does locking a table in access exclusive mode imp=
rove insert, update and delete operation performance on that table.
>=20
> Is MVCC disabled or somehow has less work to do?

MVCC certainly isn't disabled.  Does it have less work to do?  That's a
bit harder to say but my guess is "not so much that you'd actually be
able to notice it."..

	Thanks,

		Stephen

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