Table locks are often acquired automatically, but they can also be acquired explicitly with the LOCK command. The following is the list of locking modes:
- ACCESS SHARE: This mode is acquired by the SELECT statement.
- ROW SHARE: The SELECT FOR UPDATE and SELECT FOR SHARE commands acquire this lock.
- ROW EXCLUSIVE: The statements UPDATE, DELETE, and INSERT acquire this lock mode.
- SHARE UPDATE EXCLUSIVE: This mode is used to protect a table against concurrent schema changes. Acquired by VACUUM (without FULL), ANALYZE, CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY, CREATE STATISTICS, and ALTER TABLE VALIDATE and other ALTER TABLE variants.
- SHARE: This mode is used to protect a table against concurrent data changes. Acquired by CREATE INDEX (without ...
