When adding a foreign key constraint on tableA which references tableB, why is an AccessExclusive lock on tableB necessary? Wouldn't a lock that prevents writes be sufficient, or does PostgreSQL have to modify *both* tables in some fashion? I'm using PostgreSQL 8.4 on Linux.
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