-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 > My question is this: will ALTER TABLE ONLY $subtable DISABLE TRIGGER > ALL within a transaction only affect my transaction, or will it affect > anyone inserting into this subtable. If it blocks external inserts > that's ok since my transactions are small while moving the data. I > guess at worse I lock the table. ALTER TABLE will lock and block, but I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the use of session_replication_role as a much better solution to this particular class of problem. (Even if your version does not support it, Vick, it should be noted here for the archives). The session_replication_role was added in 8.3: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/sql-altertable.html - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@xxxxxxxxxxxx End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/ PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 201003031020 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAkuOhDYACgkQvJuQZxSWSsiPxwCg1JGjrfxvv0gmJDJPGCd2pLdE X0sAn3t+IYPnAIPcZqqxtBIaUUbkm1jL =US8W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
