Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread David G. Johnston
On Saturday, April 25, 2015, David G. Johnston wrote: > On Saturday, April 25, 2015, Kevin Grittner > wrote: > >> Bruce Momjian wrote: >> > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 07:45:35PM +, Kevin Grittner wrote: >> >> >> We could perhaps have the column header say "Non-Serializable >> >> Behavior" or s

Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread David G. Johnston
On Saturday, April 25, 2015, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 08:47:47PM +, Kevin Grittner wrote: > > Maybe something like "Prohibited", "Allowed but not Possible", and > > "Possible"? That would take a little explaining above, since our > > documentation's table would be devia

Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread David G. Johnston
On Saturday, April 25, 2015, Kevin Grittner wrote: > Bruce Momjian > wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 07:45:35PM +, Kevin Grittner wrote: > > >> We could perhaps have the column header say "Non-Serializable > >> Behavior" or some such; but I think we need to define whatever > >> term we use

Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 08:47:47PM +, Kevin Grittner wrote: > Maybe something like "Prohibited", "Allowed but not Possible", and > "Possible"? That would take a little explaining above, since our > documentation's table would be deviating from the standard's table > in its word choice. I can'

Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread Kevin Grittner
Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 07:45:35PM +, Kevin Grittner wrote: >> We could perhaps have the column header say "Non-Serializable >> Behavior" or some such; but I think we need to define whatever >> term we use for the new column header. > > I don't think we can define the c

Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 07:45:35PM +, Kevin Grittner wrote: > They never use the word anomaly (or its plural) in the standard > (even though it is prevalent in the academic literature). See my > earlier email for examples of how the standard describes the issue, > but basically it just boils d

Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread Kevin Grittner
Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 11:33:36AM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote: >> Need to add "Serialization Anomalies" to the previous section's >> definitions list. > > Uh, I am afraid the problem is that "Serialization Anomalies" is > kind of defined by the standard in an odd way th

Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 11:33:36AM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 08:40:40PM +, Kevin Grittner wrote: > > And, for reasons given above, I really question whether such a > > table doesn't do more

Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread David G. Johnston
On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 08:40:40PM +, Kevin Grittner wrote: > > And, for reasons given above, I really question whether such a > > table doesn't do more harm than good. Even those citing the paper > > by Berenson, et al., often miss th

Re: [DOCS] Add a new table for Transaction Isolation?

2015-04-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 08:40:40PM +, Kevin Grittner wrote: > And, for reasons given above, I really question whether such a > table doesn't do more harm than good. Even those citing the paper > by Berenson, et al., often miss the text in *that* paper about what > the actual definition of seri