Jeff Davis <pg...@j-davis.com> writes:
> On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 15:54 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Yes.  That is the case with the existing implementation as well, no?
>> We don't consider sending notifies until transaction end, so anything
>> that commits during the xact in which you UNLISTEN will get dropped.

> Only if the transaction containing UNLISTEN commits. Are you saying it
> would also be OK to drop NOTIFYs if a backend's UNLISTEN transaction
> aborts?

No, I would say not, but that wasn't being proposed was it?  The
decisions about what to do are only made at/after commit.

> Thinking out loud: If we're taking this approach, I wonder if it might
> be a good idea to PreventTransactionChain for LISTEN and UNLISTEN?

That shouldn't be necessary IMO.  There's never been such a restriction
before.

                        regards, tom lane

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