Hi,
>
> I need to do an operation that I will use some SELECT's and get the
> results, but I want to have sure that those tables have not been
> changed with INSERT's or UPDATES during the operation.
>
> Example:
>
> BEGIN OPERATION
> Select field from table1;
> ...
> Select other_field from table2;
> ...
> END OPERATION
>
> How can I lock these tables to assure that the tables are not getting
> INSERTS's or UPDATE's during the operation?
>
If you set transaction isolation level to repeatable, the tables may undergo
changes, but you will get repeatable reads. Explicitly locking the tables
is another option.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/explicit-locking.html
Regards,
Jayadevan
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