Eduardo Piombino <drakorg@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I don't see how a new update to the same record in A, makes the difference > to allow or deny the lock on a row on table B; I think it's probably explained by this: > PS: The only relation between A and B is that A has a two FKs to B, but none > of them are even included in the updates. IIRC there are some optimizations in the FK stuff that don't apply once a single transaction has updated a relevant row more than once. You haven't given enough details (not even a PG version) to be sure about it, but that's what I'd bet on. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general