> > Still, it's an interesting alternative. Comments anyone? > > SelfExclusiveLock is clear and can't be confused with other > lock types. How about giving it a label ? SelfExclusive would somehow suggest, that you can have more than one self exclusive lock. Like: lock table atab in self exclusive mode for "vacuum"; does not conflict with: lock table atab in self exclusive mode for "account balancing"; Andreas ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly