> > A properly implemented user lock system would likely > > maintain a global sequence shared by all lockable objects, tuple or > > otherwise. > > That'd just be equivalent to require that user tables are created WITH > OIDS, only the counter wouldn't be shared with system tables ... how is > that any better?
Well, oid is 32 bit and not guaranteed to be unique...therefore useless. However by properly defined, I meant by the application. The server is agnostic about user locks, a.k.a. 'application defined locks'. Merlin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match