Re: SELECT ... FOR UPDATE [WAIT integer | NOWAIT] for 8.5

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> Jeff,
>> Will statement_timeout not suffice for that use case?

> Well, currently statement_timeout doesn't affect waiting for locks.

Sure it does.

> And as a DBA, I don't think I'd want the same timeout for executing
> queries as for waiting for a lock.

Well, that's exactly what Jeff is questioning.  How big is the use-case
for that exactly?
        regards, tom lane