Re: SELECT ... FOR UPDATE [WAIT integer | NOWAIT] for 8.5

Hans-Juergen Schoenig wrote:
> hello everybody,
> 
> from my side the goal of this discussion is to extract a consensus so 
> that we can go ahead and implement this issue for 8.5.
> our customer here needs a solution to this problem and we have to come 
> up with something which can then make it into PostgreSQL core.
> how shall we proceed with the decision finding process here?
> i am fine with a GUC and with an grammar extension - i just need a 
> decision which stays unchanged.

Do we have answer for Hans-Juergen here?

I have added a vague TODO:

        Consider a lock timeout parameter
	
        * http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-05/msg00485.php 

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