Re: pgsql: Add lock matrix to documentation.

On Fri, 9 Feb 2007, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Am Donnerstag, 8. Februar 2007 16:32 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
>> Log Message:
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>> Add lock matrix to documentation.
>
> This needs some revisions.  The table needs to be mentioned somewhere in the
> text, so the reader knows when or why to refer to it.  Also, the cryptic
> abbreviations need to be expanded or explained.  And then the concept of
> lock "compatibility", as the table puts it, is not used anywhere else in the
> documentation.  The table should be put in terms of conflicts instead.
>

Another version with expanded abbreviations is
http://mira.sai.msu.su/~megera/pgsql/lockmatrix/c2.html, if remove
UPDATE EXCLUSIVE.

While compatibility matrix is a commonly accepted termin, I agree, that
using conficts would be better in context of our docs.

     Regards,
         Oleg
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