Every few years someone discovers FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED and represents it. I remember it lasting for 15 years at least

atombender 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

The "someone" in this case happens to be Michael Stonebraker, the creator of Postgres and CTO of DBOS.

	▲	digdugdirk 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		So glad someone else chuckled reading this. Two thumbs up for knowing better than the creator of the thing they're talking about!

qianli_cs 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yup, some features are timeless and deserve a re-intro every now and then. SKIP LOCKED is definitely one of them.

	▲	skrtskrt 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		with a nice NOWAIT when appropriate