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| author | Michael Paquier | 2022-01-20 07:55:08 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Paquier | 2022-01-20 07:55:08 +0000 |
| commit | 44ab2dac12a752022eb4fe3dba7beddbc3433a0e (patch) | |
| tree | 6fda443594252226cacfa1107d8d24e3eb2e780e /doc/src | |
| parent | 99aa0ff68a2cda3227732fdc722d8abd37ca035d (diff) | |
doc: Mention the level of locks taken on objects in COMMENT
This information was nowhere to be found. This adds one note on the
page of COMMENT, and one note in the section dedicated to explicit
locking, both telling that a SHARE UPDATE EXCLUSIVE lock is taken on the
object commented.
Author: Nikolai Berkoff
Reviewed-by: Laurenz Albe
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/_0HDHIGcCdCsUyXn22QwI2FEuNR6Fs71rtgGX6hfyBlUh5rrnE2qMmvIFu9EY4Pijr2gUmJEAXCjuNU2Oxku9TryLp9CdHllpsCfN3gD0-Y=@pm.me
Backpatch-through: 10
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml | 5 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml index 7e20a8a7963..40159b8dcd9 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml @@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ ERROR: could not serialize access due to read/write dependencies among transact <para> Acquired by <command>VACUUM</command> (without <option>FULL</option>), <command>ANALYZE</command>, <command>CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY</command>, - <command>CREATE STATISTICS</command> and + <command>CREATE STATISTICS</command>, <command>COMMENT ON</command> and <command>ALTER TABLE VALIDATE</command> and other <command>ALTER TABLE</command> variants (for full details see <xref linkend="sql-altertable"/>). diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml index fd7492a2556..138cf718ce1 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/comment.sgml @@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ COMMENT ON </para> <para> + A <literal>SHARE UPDATE EXCLUSIVE</literal> lock is acquired on the + object to be commented. + </para> + + <para> For most kinds of object, only the object's owner can set the comment. Roles don't have owners, so the rule for <literal>COMMENT ON ROLE</literal> is that you must be superuser to comment on a superuser role, or have the |