On 02 Apr 2014, at 20:13, Victor Sterpu <vic...@caido.ro> wrote:

> There may pass a few days or weeks until next lock.
> But I don't  undesrtand why the whole table is locked if there is one 
> uncommited transaction.
> 
> The following scenario might be the cause:
> 1. Transaction is started
> 2. the client application is closed because of a power surge, the started 
> transaction will never be commited
> 3. from the server point of view there is a unfinished transaction that will 
> block future statements
> 
> Is this normal behaviour?

I’m pretty sure that with such a powersurge the connection gets closed, causing 
the transaction to roll back.

Alban Hertroys
--
If you can't see the forest for the trees,
cut the trees and you'll find there is no forest.



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