"Kevin Grittner" <kevin.gritt...@wicourts.gov> writes: > Thanks for the clarification. That does not work for SERIALIZABLE > at all, because other tables or rows referenced in that first > statement would be using the original snapshot. Indeed, the > behavior under READ COMMITTED could be astonishing in certain > circumstances as it breaks atomicity:
Yup. That is stated fairly clearly already in the description of READ COMMITTED mode, no? http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/transaction-iso.html#XACT-READ-COMMITTED regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
