Re: Deadlock and FK triggers

Csaba Nagy wrote:
> [snip]
> > We hope to have shared row locks in 8.1 for this usage.
>
> This feature is one I'm really waiting for ! Is there any estimate when
> 8.1 comes out ?
> I know, I know, the preferred answer is "whenever it's ready", but if
> 8.1 is not that far away, and shared row locking will be in it, I won't
> bother patching 8.0 to skip FK parent row locking altogether (which is
> not the most orthodox way to avoid the FK related deadlocks)...

I would guess 8.1 is perhaps a year away.

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