Given this type query:

        UPDATE bw_pool
        SET user_id=?
        WHERE bw_id=
                (SELECT MIN(bw_id) FROM bw_pool WHERE user_id IS NULL)
        RETURNING bw_id

The idea is to "single-threadedly" get at the next available empty slot, no matter how many such queries run in parallel. So far I've been semi-successfully using LOCK TABLE bw_pool before the UPDATE, but it deadlocks sometimes. Maybe I could use some less restrictive locking mode and prevent possible collisions at the same time?

Thanks.

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