Re: ACCESS EXCLUSIVE LOCK

On 2006-03-02, seth.m.green@gmail.com <seth.m.green@gmail.com> wrote:
>> TRUNCATE is another command that takes an access exclusive lock.
>
> The whole SP takes about 10 seconds to run total.  The TRUNCATE command
> only takes less than a second.  However, the access exclusive lock is
> held throughout the entire SP, not just during the execution of the
> TRUNCATE command. Shouldn't TRUNCATE be releasing the lock as soon as
> it finishes?

No, locks are always held until the end of the transaction.

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