Shoaib Mir wrote: > While debugging an application, I just wanted to confirm from the list here: > > Suppose I have a long running transaction which has a few updates and > inserts running on some specific tables which means it has acquired > Exclusive locks too during the transaction on specific table but if just > before commit the client app crashes and the commit is never sent, will the > Exclusive locks be automatically released? Yes (assuming the backend dies in the process, which may not happen if the app dies silently and while not waiting for anything from the server). -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.