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From: Rafa Couto <rafacouto@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Hammond <ahammond@ca.afilias.info>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Transaction in plpgslq
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 12:40:55 +0200
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	<428E245B.4050204@ca.afilias.info>

2005/5/20, Andrew Hammond <ahammond@ca.afilias.info>:

> The solution to your problem is locking (or concurrency control if you
> prefer). While we're at it, we might as well optimize your statement a
> little too using ORDER BY with LIMIT instead of min().
> 
> SELECT id INTO _contacto_id
> FROM contactos
> WHERE contactos.operadora_id IS NULL
>   AND contactos.actividad_id > = _actividad_id
> ORDER BY id LIMIT 1
> FOR UPDATE;
> 
> Take a look at the "FOR UPDATE" section of the SELECT description for an
> explanation of how this works.


I understand "FOR UPDATE" clause is locking while is selecting rows
only. It does not secure atomic execution from 'SELECT' to 'UPDATE' in
next statement. Is not it?


-- 
Rafa Couto (caligari)



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