On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 05:44:20PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Is this really a good idea? The fundamental problem I see with it is
> that it takes away the index AM's ability to make any guarantees about
> its locking behavior, ie, how long locks will be held or what other
> operations might interve
James William Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The attached patch extends pg_am by adding two methods, "scan for insert" and
> "insert from scan". These methods are meant to provide an index user with the
> ability to do conditional insertions based on the results of a conclusive
> locking scan--a
Greets,
[Ugh, sent one with uncompressed patch. Seems to be swallowed(No failure msg?).
Ignore it if it surfaces.]
The attached patch extends pg_am by adding two methods, "scan for insert" and
"insert from scan". These methods are meant to provide an index user with the
ability to do conditional
