Re: deadlock in single-row select-for-update + update scenario? How could it happen?

On 8/22/2014 9:29 AM, hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> select * from table where pkey = <value> limit 1 for update;

why is there a limit 1 in there?    pkey=somevalue should only return a
single row.   if it DID return multiple rows, you don't have an ORDER
BY, so the limit 1 would be indeterminate.

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