Justin Pryzby <pry...@telsasoft.com> writes: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 04:52:07PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > It is possible to use <link linkend="sql-altertable"><command>ALTER > TABLE ATTACH/DETACH PARTITION</command></link> to perform these > operations with a weaker lock, thus reducing interference with > concurrent operations on the partitioned table.
> Note that in order for DETACH+DROP to use a lower lock level, it has to be > DETACH CONCURRENTLY. ATTACH is implicitly uses a lower lock level, but for > DETACH it's only on request. Right, but that's the sort of detail you should read on that command's man page, we don't need to duplicate it in N other places. regards, tom lane