"Michael P. Soulier" <michael_soulier@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Does postgres implicitely lock tables? I noticed that I had an alter > table command but I didn't lock, and yet there was a lock being > requested on the table by that process... http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/explicit-locking.html#LOCKING-TABLES 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