Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In dbcommands.c::dropdb() there are these lines:
> /* Close pg_database, but keep exclusive lock till commit */
> heap_close(pgdbrel, NoLock);
> However, ISTM that if I return early from that function because the db
> doesn't exist I should release the lock immediately. Or is there
> something I have missed?
Should be OK to drop the lock if you didn't change anything. OTOH, it
probably doesn't matter much since we don't allow dropdb inside a
transaction block; commit is going to happen shortly anyhow.
regards, tom lane
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