Re: Duplicate key insert question

Reuben D. Budiardja wrote:
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> No, onlu *one* of them will fail, but yes, the other will then generate error.
> So it really is a trade off. Another way would be to lock the table, as other
> has suggested. But then there is disadvantages to that also.

Really? I just got a post form Alvaro Herrera saying;

"The solution is not correct in that there _is_ a race condition."

Maybe I misunderstood, but "not correct" doesn't sound good :)

Jean-Christian Imbeault