* Simon Riggs (simon@2ndQuadrant.com) wrote:
> On 7 May 2016 at 16:14, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> > > If we don't lock it then we will have a inconsistent dump that will fail
> > > later, if dumped while an object is being dropped.
> > > Do we want an inconsistent dump?
> >
> > The dump won't be inconsistent, as Tom pointed out. The catalog tables
> > are read using a repeatable read transaction, which will be consistent.
>
> The scan is consistent, yes, but the results would not be.
I'm not following- the results are entirely dependent on the scan, so if
the scan is consistent, how could the results not be?
Thanks!
Stephen