* Simon Riggs (si...@2ndquadrant.com) wrote: > On 7 May 2016 at 16:14, Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> wrote: > > > If we don't lock it then we will have a inconsistent dump that will fail > > > later, if dumped while an object is being dropped. > > > Do we want an inconsistent dump? > > > > The dump won't be inconsistent, as Tom pointed out. The catalog tables > > are read using a repeatable read transaction, which will be consistent. > > The scan is consistent, yes, but the results would not be.
I'm not following- the results are entirely dependent on the scan, so if the scan is consistent, how could the results not be? Thanks! Stephen
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