Re: Delayed result from another connection

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: SZŰCS Gábor <surrano(at)mailbox(dot)hu>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Delayed result from another connection
Date: 2004-11-05 15:53:55
Message-ID: 26500.1099670035@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?iso-8859-2?B?U1rbQ1MgR+Fib3I=?= <surrano(at)mailbox(dot)hu> writes:
> From: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
>> Yes, because your transaction is working with a database snapshot that
>> predates the other transaction run by the separate PHP connection.

> Yes, but the snapshot is not constant during a transaction, right?

In pre-8.0 releases, the snapshot only advances between interactive
commands, not between commands of a function; so you can't see the
results of other transactions that commit after the function starts.

regards, tom lane

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