* Tom Lane (t...@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
> Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> writes:
> > Attached patch implements this change to not LOCK the table in cases
> > where we don't need to.  I'll push this with my other changes to pg_dump
> > tomorrow (and I've included it in an updated, complete, set of patches
> > sent on the thread where those changes were being discussed already).
> 
> > Wanted to include it here also for completeness.
> 
> > Comments welcome, of course.
> 
> Minor suggestion: instead of putting these comments and hardwired
> knowledge here, I'd suggest putting them adjacent to the list of
> DUMP_COMPONENT #defines, creating a symbol along the lines of
> DUMP_COMPONENTS_REQUIRING_TABLE_LOCK.  That approach would make it
> far more likely that somebody changing the list of DUMP_COMPONENT
> elements in future would notice the possible need to adjust the
> requires-lock list.

Good thought, I'll do that.

Thanks!

Stephen

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