On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> PostgreSQL already chose to follow the Oracle syntax when we
> implemented NOWAIT. So my proposal is that we follow the Oracle syntax
> again and use the words SKIP LOCKED.
>
> I don't see any advantage in inventing new syntax that leaves us
> incompatible with Oracle, nor do I see any need to be compatible with
> both Oracle and DB2 since the latter is much less likely to gain us
> anything in practice.
+1.
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