Re: [HACKERS] Race between SELECT and ALTER TABLE NO INHERIT

On 26 June 2017 at 10:16, Amit Langote <Langote_Amit_f8@lab.ntt.co.jp> wrote:

> BTW, in the partitioned table case, the parent is always locked first
> using an AccessExclusiveLock.  There are other considerations in that case
> such as needing to recreate the partition descriptor upon termination of
> inheritance (both the DETACH PARTITION and also DROP TABLE child cases).

Is this requirement documented or in comments anywhere?

I can't see anything about that, which is a fairly major usage point.

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