"D. Dante Lorenso" <dante@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Douglas McNaught wrote: >> How quickly after you update the row status are you comitting (and >> releasing locks)? > I am calling a stored proc from PHP. Since I do not begin a > transaction, I assume that my call is automatically committed > immediately after invocation. Have you actually verified that, or are you just assuming it? I believe that PHP has some sort of autocommit on/off option, which might possibly be doing things behind your back. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings