Manfred Koizar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:36:53 -0500, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Certainly not; indexes depend on locks, not vice versa. You'd not be >> able to do that without introducing an infinite recursion into the >> system design.
> Wouldn't you have to face the same sort of problems if you spill part of > the lock table to disk? While you do I/O you have to hold some lock. See LWLocks ... or spinlocks underneath those. But (some) operations on tables and indexes make use of heavyweight locks. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]