Andrea, > i'm sorry for the curiosity.... but > could you share, if it's possible, this workaround? ;) > (if it's not the one you describe at the beginning thread > e.g. don't use LIMIT 1)
Well, we actually roped in the pg_locks view to do a "SELECT the first row not already locked for update". Then added some code on the client end for error handling, like race conditions and no rows being returned, both of which happen in production. -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend