Re: SELECT ... FOR UPDATE [WAIT integer | NOWAIT] for 8.5

Can't you to this today with statement_timeout? Surely you do want to
rollback the whole transaction or at least the subtransaction if you
have error handling.

--
Greg


On 11 May 2009, at 10:26, Hans-Juergen Schoenig <postgres@cybertec.at>
wrote:

> hello everybody,
>
> i would like to propose an extension to our SELECT FOR UPDATE
> mechanism.
> especially in web applications it can be extremely useful to have
> the chance to terminate a lock after a given timeframe.
> i would like to add this functionality to PostgreSQL 8.5.
>
> the oracle syntax is quite clear and easy to use here:
>
> http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_10002.htm#i2126016
>
> informix should behave pretty much the same way.
> are there any arguments from hackers' side against this feature?
>
>   many thanks,
>
>      hans
>
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