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Document lock taken on referenced table when adding a foreign key
This can happen for CREATE TABLE and ALTER TABLE, so a mention is added to both of them in the concerned subsections. Author: Adrien Nayrat Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/c4e8af11-1dfc-766a-c953-76979b9fcdaa@anayrat.info
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‎doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_table.sgml

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tables may not be declared <literal>NOT VALID</literal> at present.
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</para>
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<para>
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The addition of a foreign key constraint requires a
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<literal>SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE</literal> lock on the referenced table.
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</para>
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<para>
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Additional restrictions apply when unique or primary key constraints
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are added to partitioned tables; see <xref linkend="sql-createtable" />.

‎doc/src/sgml/ref/create_table.sgml

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is used. The referenced columns must be the columns of a non-deferrable
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unique or primary key constraint in the referenced table. The user
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must have <literal>REFERENCES</literal> permission on the referenced table
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(either the whole table, or the specific referenced columns).
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(either the whole table, or the specific referenced columns). The
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addition of a foreign key constraint requires a
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<literal>SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE</literal> lock on the referenced table.
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Note that foreign key constraints cannot be defined between temporary
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tables and permanent tables. Also note that while it is possible to
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define a foreign key on a partitioned table, it is not possible to

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