On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 07:27:46AM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Noah Misch <n...@leadboat.com> wrote: > > True. ?At least we could completely document the lock choices on the ALTER > > TABLE > > reference page. ?The no-rewrite cases are defined at arms length from ALTER > > TABLE, and users can define their own, so it's a tougher fit. > > I don't think it's prohibitively, tough, though, and I think it would > be very valuable. We may have to scratch our heads over exactly where > to put the information, but we can figure out something that works.
Agreed. I don't mean to suggest giving up on documenting anything, just that some behaviors are clear enough by documentation alone, while others benefit from additional syntax/messages to constrain/see what actually happens. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
