Thanks for you comment Tom. I don't see how dirty reads have anything to do
with foreign keys. Maybe I don't understand what a dirty read is in this
context.
On Tuesday 13 August 2002 02:15 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jon Swinth <jswinth@atomicpc.com> writes:
> > How come having foreign keys take out a read lock on a parent row
> > rather than a write lock is not on the todo list?
>
> It is, although I agree that the language is something other than plain
> English:
>
> * Implement dirty reads and use them in RI triggers
>
> regards, tom lane