Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> writes: > > Is there a good reason for $subject, other than that the code is entangled > > with other ALTER TABLE code? > > I think it could be lower, but it would take nontrivial restructuring of > the ALTER TABLE support. In particular, consider what happens when you > have a list of subcommands that don't all require the same lock level. > I think you'd need to scan the list and find the highest required lock > level before starting ...
IIRC there was a patch from Simon to address this issue, but it had some holes which he didn't have time to close, so it sank. Maybe this can be resurrected and fixed. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
