Elliot S wrote: > Is there a discussion somewhere regarding this line from the docs on > transaction isolation: "When you select the level Read Uncommitted > you really get Read Committed, and phantom reads are not possible in > the PostgreSQL implementation of Repeatable Read"? I get that RU is > the same as RC and why that is so, but why is RR mentioned in this > sentence and more importantly why does it claim phantom reads aren't > possible in RR despite the table above this paragraph clearly > stating they are? It looks like a documentation issue associated > with the true serialization mode introduced in 9.1. I read that as saying that even though the standard defines repeatable read as possibly having phantom reads, they don't occur in Postgres. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
