Re: ACCESS EXCLUSIVE LOCK

On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 06:16:00AM -0800, seth.m.green@gmail.com wrote:
> > TRUNCATE is another command that takes an access exclusive lock.
> 
> The whole SP takes about 10 seconds to run total.  The TRUNCATE command
> only takes less than a second.  However, the access exclusive lock is
> held throughout the entire SP, not just during the execution of the
> TRUNCATE command. Shouldn't TRUNCATE be releasing the lock as soon as
> it finishes?

Nope. Locks stick around until the transaction finishes.
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