Andrew Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 05:48:14PM -0800, ivan.hou wrote:
>> if i executed "select * from mydb" twice, the XID wil be increased by 2

> Yep.  Whereas if you did

>       BEGIN;
>       SELECT 1;
>       SELECT 1;
>       COMMIT;
        
> the xid would be increased by 1.

But note that as of 8.3, SELECT-only transactions won't acquire an
XID and hence won't advance the counter.  So if you're thinking of
writing code that depends on that behavior, don't.

                        regards, tom lane

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