How to check for row lock level when FOR UPDATE is used in PostgreSQL?

Question

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From the pg_locks documentation, row level lock information is not available when FOR UPDATE is used in a SELECT statement.

Is there any way to check for row level lock when FOR UPDATE is used in a SELECT statement? If yes, how can I do so with Postgres 11?

Thank you

Answer 1

Row locks are not permanently stored in the shared lock table, but on the row itself, so you cannot simply query for them.

To figure out which rows in a table are locked by concurrent transactions, you could run

SELECT id FROM mytable
WHERE id NOT IN (SELECT id FROM mytable
 FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED);