>>> Emmanuel Cecchet <m...@frogthinker.org> 12/22/08 11:42 PM >>> > If you want to know how to build SERIALIZABLE with a database that > provides SI (Snapshot Isolation), read > http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1376616.137669 The link didn't seem to work for me, but I think I found the article you meant: "Serializable Isolation for Snapshot Databases" by Michael J. Cahill, et al
An interesting work. If nothing else, it will help flesh out the documentation of anomalies. If the PostgreSQL community ever does want to better approach true serializable behavior, this should provide a good theoretical basis. Thanks very much for the cite. > I still don't > get why people would use SERIALIZABLE since there is no efficient > implementation of it. Read the last paragraph of the secion 1 (Introduction) of the article you just cited. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
