well, that's fine I suppose -- but then why does it work the other way
for DROP TABLE?
i.e. feels like we're confusing "implementation" and "desired semantics"
adam
Tom Lane wrote:
> "PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org> writes:
>
>>==> yikes! in window 2, it should have errored.
>
>
> Why are you of the opinion that this is a bug? The catalog lookup has
> to happen before the second xact can hope to obtain a lock on the table,
> no?
>
> regards, tom lane