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| author | Michael Paquier | 2018-09-21 06:03:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Paquier | 2018-09-21 06:03:37 +0000 |
| commit | ce9cf8e7e6c436e13a729e2369c2c7ca1eae064d (patch) | |
| tree | feb9bd016d6c4fccf1b18d8ea37d0570ac0d05ed | |
| parent | bd1463e348fcf3a6e832092ccdeaecda2db9c117 (diff) | |
Document lock taken on referenced table when adding a foreign key
This can happen for CREATE TABLE and ALTER TABLE, so a mention is added
to both of them in the concerned subsections.
Author: Adrien Nayrat
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/[email protected]
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml | 4 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml index ec6b4c3311..f13a6cd944 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml @@ -373,6 +373,11 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM </para> <para> + The addition of a foreign key constraint requires a + <literal>SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE</literal> lock on the referenced table. + </para> + + <para> Additional restrictions apply when unique or primary key constraints are added to partitioned tables; see <xref linkend="sql-createtable" />. </para> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml index 5a19f94ce9..10428f8ff0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml @@ -992,7 +992,9 @@ WITH ( MODULUS <replaceable class="parameter">numeric_literal</replaceable>, REM is used. The referenced columns must be the columns of a non-deferrable unique or primary key constraint in the referenced table. The user must have <literal>REFERENCES</literal> permission on the referenced table - (either the whole table, or the specific referenced columns). + (either the whole table, or the specific referenced columns). The + addition of a foreign key constraint requires a + <literal>SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE</literal> lock on the referenced table. Note that foreign key constraints cannot be defined between temporary tables and permanent tables. Also note that while it is possible to define a foreign key on a partitioned table, it is not possible to |