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Update lock sgml/man/psql help pages.

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Bruce Momjian
1999-06-03 19:18:00 +00:00
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src/bin/psql/psqlHelp.h
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*
* Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
*
* $Id: psqlHelp.h,v 1.66 1999/06/03 18:37:59 momjian Exp $
* $Id: psqlHelp.h,v 1.67 1999/06/03 19:17:59 momjian Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
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{"lock",
"exclusive lock a table inside a transaction",
"\
\tLOCK [TABLE] class_name;"},
\tLOCK [TABLE] class_name \n\
\t[[IN] [ROW|ACCESS] [SHARE|EXCLUSIVE] MODE];"},
{"move",
"move an cursor position",
"\

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.\" This is -*-nroff-*-
.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here....
.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/lock.l,v 1.5 1998/03/23 15:09:34 momjian Exp $
.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/lock.l,v 1.6 1999/06/03 19:18:00 momjian Exp $
.TH FETCH SQL 01/23/93 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
lock - exclusive lock a table
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
\fBlock\fR [\fBtable\fR] classname
\fBlock\fR [\fBtable\fR] classname [[IN] [ROW|ACCESS] [SHARE|EXCLUSIVE] MODE]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
By default,
.BR lock
exclusive locks a table inside a transaction. The classic use for this
exclusive locks an entire table inside a transaction.
Various options allow shared access, or row-level locking control.
.PP
The classic use for this
is the case where you want to \fBselect\fP some data, then update it
inside a transaction. If you don't exclusive lock the table before the
\fBselect\fP, some other user may also read the selected data, and try