Commit f05ac972 authored by Thomas G. Lockhart's avatar Thomas G. Lockhart

Fix markup for terminology.

parent 0b3214ac
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Postgres documentation
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<title>
Description
</title>
<title>
Terms
</title>
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>EXCLUSIVE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Exclusive lock that prevents other locks from being granted.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>SHARE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Allows others to share lock. Prevents EXCLUSIVE locks.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>ACCESS</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Locks table schema.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>ROW</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Locks individual rows.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>Notes</term>
<listitem>
<para>
If EXCLUSIVE or SHARE are not specified, EXCLUSIVE is assumed.
Locks exist for the duration of the transaction.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
<command>LOCK TABLE</command> controls concurrent access to a table
for the duration of a transaction.
<productname>Postgres</productname> always uses the least restrictive
lock mode whenever possible. <command>LOCK TABLE</command>
provided for cases when you might need more restrictive locking.
</para>
<para>
<acronym>RDBMS</acronym> locking uses the following terminology:
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>EXCLUSIVE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Exclusive lock that prevents other locks from being granted.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>SHARE</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Allows others to share lock. Prevents EXCLUSIVE locks.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>ACCESS</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Locks table schema.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>ROW</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Locks individual rows.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<note>
<para>
If EXCLUSIVE or SHARE are not specified, EXCLUSIVE is assumed.
Locks exist for the duration of the transaction.
</para>
</note>
</para>
<para>
For example, an application runs a transaction at READ COMMITTED isolation
level and needs to ensure the existance of data in a table for the
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