Re: pgpool versus sequences

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org>
Cc: mangoo@wpkg.org, scott.marlowe@gmail.com, t-ishii@sra.co.jp, Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-06-01T22:04:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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  1. Rearrange ALTER TABLE syntax processing as per my recent proposal: the

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I wrote:
>>>> I think the most appropriate solution may be to disallow SELECT FOR
>>>> UPDATE/SHARE on sequences ... so if you have a good reason why we
>>>> shouldn't do so, please explain it.

Attached is a proposed patch to close off this hole.  I found that
somebody had already inserted code to forbid the case for foreign
tables, so I just extended that idea a bit (by copying-and-pasting
CheckValidResultRel).  Questions:

* Does anyone want to bikeshed on the wording of the error messages?
* Does anyone want to argue for not forbidding SELECT FOR UPDATE on
  toast tables?

			regards, tom lane