Re: Comparison of PGSQL and DB2

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Comparison of PGSQL and DB2
Date: 2004-03-11 20:23:17
Message-ID: 200403112123.17084.peter_e@gmx.net
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Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> My memory of past discussion on this is that you would be able to set
> all 4 transaction isolation levels in a command, but you would really
> get the next level up for the two that we don't provide. This is OK
> since since they get at least the transaction isolation safety they
> need. The reason for doing this is portability.

That's exactly right, but it's more marketable with all four levels
"available". ;-)

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