Richard Huxton wrote: > > Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: > > > > If I might ask a related question- assuming that a client has grabbed a > > restrictive lock during a transaction that e.g. is create/replacing functions, > > what happens to other sessions that attempt to run a select or update- will they > > fail (i.e. an implicit NOWAIT) or will they wait until the lock is released? > > Does this vary depending on whether a select/update is within an explicit > > transaction? > > They will wait without an explicit NOWAIT. This applies whether the > transaction is explicit or implicit. Just what I was hoping. Many thanks for your help :-) -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues]