Re: Vaccuum allows read access?

> I could have sworn I saw a post where you (Tom Lane) figured out how
> to get tables to be read-only while performing a vaccuum rather than
> being completely locked.
> 
> Is this true?  Is it in the -PATCHES branch?

In the current sources, analyze allows read-access.  I don't think
vacuum allows any other access because the rows are moving in the file.

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