Tag: postgresql

EF Core 11 still has no lock API. Here is how to take a real row lock with FromSql: WITH (UPDLOCK, ROWLOCK) on SQL Server, FOR UPDATE on PostgreSQL, the subquery trap that silently widens the lock, NOWAIT and SKIP LOCKED, deadlock retries, and what to do when the row does not exist yet.

The check-then-insert in your handler is not atomic. Catch PostgresException with SqlState 23505, or collapse the whole thing into one INSERT ... ON CONFLICT statement. EnableRetryOnFailure will not help.