On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 7:49 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Oracle on the other hand stores the lock information directly in the data >> block that is locked, thus the number of locks does not affect system >> performance (in terms of managing them). >> >> I couldn't find any description on which strategy PG applies. > > None of the above. We're smarter than everyone else. Which is why Oracle's locks are more scalable than PG's? -- Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA myYearbook.com -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
