On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 07:12:07PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote: > commit #898e5e32 (Allow ATTACH PARTITION with only ShareUpdateExclusiveLock) > updates ddl.sgml but not alter_table.sgml, which only says: > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/release-12.html > |An ACCESS EXCLUSIVE lock is held unless explicitly noted.
+ <para> + Attaching a partition acquires a <literal>SHARE UPDATE EXCLUSIVE</literal> + lock on the partitioned table, in addition to an + <literal>ACCESS EXCLUSIVE</literal> lock on the partition. + </para> Updating the docs of ALTER TABLE sounds like a good idea. This sentence looks fine to me. Perhaps others have suggestions? > Find attached patch, which also improve language in several related places. Not sure that these are actually improvements. -- Michael
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