Re: gSoC add MERGE command new patch -- merge_v104

On 2010-08-25 9:26 AM +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> Whats the plan to go forward at that subject? I think the patch needs
>> to lock tables exclusively (the pg level, not access exclusive) as
>> long as there is no additional handling...
>
> Well, you can always do LOCK TABLE before calling MERGE if that's what
> you want, but I don't think doing that automatically would make people
> happy.

I don't think having a MERGE that throws UNIQUE violations would make 
people happy either.


Regards,
Marko Tiikkaja