Re: default_transaction_isolation = serializable causes crash under Hot Standby

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: default_transaction_isolation = serializable causes crash under Hot Standby
Date: 2012-04-27 17:40:20
Message-ID: 4F9A93B4020000250004748D@gw.wicourts.gov
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Yeah, it would definitely be nicer if BEGIN; SET TRANSACTION LEVEL
> would work too. Maybe the place to put the check is where we
> establish the transaction snapshot.

That makes sense, and doesn't seem like it would be hard, from what
I recall of that code. I know I've fallen down on a couple other
things which I meant to look at lately, but this one should be small
enough to fit in between the brickbats the non-PostgreSQL world has
been throwing at me lately. I'll take a shot at it sometime today,
although it may be late.

-Kevin

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