From: Marcin Stępnicki <mstepnicki@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How can I know if a row is Locked?
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:48:52 +0200
Message-ID: <pan.2007.04.13.11.48.51.897436@gmail.com> (raw)
References: <651844.97452.qm@web57110.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Dnia Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:27:34 -0700, Carlos Santos napisał(a):
> How can I know if a row is locked by another transaction.
> I have in a transaction like that:
>
> BEGIN;
> SELECT * FROM compels.teste WHERE id = '1' FOR UPDATE;
>
> PS1: where id is the primary key.
> PS2: The COMMIT command is done after a long time.
I've a feeling that you're trying to do a BadThing(tm). It shouldn't be
necessary unless you've got some very specific needs.
To quote Tom Lane:
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> Is there a recommended "postgres way" to determine if a certain row is
> locked... without blocking?
8.1 has a SELECT FOR UPDATE NOWAIT option. Alternatively, just do a
wait while having a very short statement_timeout.
> In my custom postgres client app I'd like to be able to determine if
> another user is "modifying" a given record. If so, I would present a
> dialog to the user such as "Record Locked. Sam Smith is already
> modifying this record. Try again later."
However, I think the question is moot because it's predicated on a
terrible underlying approach. You should NEVER design a DB app to hold
a lock while some user is editing a record (and answering the phone,
going out to lunch, etc). Fetch the data and then let the user edit
it while you are not in a transaction. When he clicks UPDATE, do
BEGIN;
SELECT the row FOR UPDATE;
check for any changes since you fetched the data originally
if none, UPDATE and commit
else rollback and tell user about it
If you do see conflicting changes, then you have enough info to resolve
the conflicts or abandon the update.
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