On Sat, Oct 14, 2006 at 11:35:12AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > Hello, > > Command Prompt has been teaching alot of classes lately, and one of the > questions that I received recently was: > > What is the use case for a READ ONLY transaction?
It would be handy for things like pgpool and Continuent, which could reliably distinguish up front the difference between a transaction that can write and one that can safely be sliced up and dispatched to read-only databases. Cheers, D > I haven't been able to come up with a good answer. Anyone got a use case > for this feature? I know the community didn't implement it for giggles. > > Sincerely, > > Joshua D. Drake > > > -- > > === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === > Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 > Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 > http://www.commandprompt.com/ > > Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq -- David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Skype: davidfetter Remember to vote! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
