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authorBruce Momjian1998-01-28 20:44:42 +0000
committerBruce Momjian1998-01-28 20:44:42 +0000
commit0427469f57a256f99d2766a443b969385e737369 (patch)
tree10dcc63648d651efa82b3ef9eaf9ae24b9adb259 /src/man/lock.l
parent7fc4c76edb8fc9ed43baf888a4433f676bb0eaac (diff)
psql \df cleanup and lock manual page cleanup.
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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
-.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/lock.l,v 1.2 1998/01/27 15:35:30 momjian Exp $
+.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/lock.l,v 1.3 1998/01/28 20:44:42 momjian Exp $
.TH FETCH SQL 01/23/93 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
lock - exclusive lock a table
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ Another example of deadlock is where one user locks one table, and
another user locks a second table. While both keep their existing
locks, the first user tries to lock the second user's table, and the
second user tries to lock the first user's table. Both users deadlock
-waiting for the tables to become available.
+waiting for the tables to become available. The only solution to this
+is for both users to lock tables in the same order, so user's lock
+aquisitions and requests to not form a deadlock.
.SH EXAMPLES
.nf
--