Hi Florian, can you explain why do you state that "default isolation level is assumed to be serializable, of course", when you explicitly specify isolation level for every session - why should he default matter at all?
When I am trying to reproduce the scenario which you have posted, I am observing different results. Here is my full scenario: Session 1. Setting up: CREATE TABLE cars( license_plate VARCHAR NOT NULL, reserved_by VARCHAR NULL ); INSERT INTO cars(license_plate) VALUES ('SUPRUSR'),('MIDLYPH'); Session 2: W1 BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE; UPDATE cars SET reserved_by = 'Julia' WHERE license_plate = 'SUPRUSR' AND reserved_by IS NULL; SELECT * FROM Cars WHERE license_plate IN('SUPRUSR','MIDLYPH'); Session 3: W2 BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE; UPDATE cars SET reserved_by = 'Ryan' WHERE license_plate = 'MIDLYPH' AND reserved_by IS NULL; COMMIT; Session 4: R BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE READ ONLY; SELECT * FROM Cars WHERE license_plate IN('SUPRUSR','MIDLYPH'); Session 2: W1 COMMIT; ERROR: could not serialize access due to read/write dependencies among transactions What am I doing wrong? Thank you for your help! -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/How-to-reproduce-serialization-failure-for-a-read-only-transaction-tp5785569p5785597.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - hackers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers