Postgres by default uses the MVCC (Multiversion Concurrency Control, MVCC) for concurrency control. This is a large topic and may require more explanation than a simple email response would easily provide. The well written PostgreSQL documentation has good explanation on this topic (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/mvcc.html). If you explicity require table and row level locking the above link will provide answers on these too. Allan. On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question on how PG manages lock information. > Does this go through a central "lock manager" that manages the information > which row is locked by which transactioni. Or is the lock information stored > directly within the data blocks (so no central "data structure" would be > needed) > > Thanks > Thomas > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
