Re: SPI: ERROR: no snapshot has been set

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SPI: ERROR: no snapshot has been set
Date: 2005-08-13 17:09:34
Message-ID: 14238.1123952974@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
>> I'm a bit concerned about the possible side-effects of this on existing
>> behavior, though. In particular constructs like
>> 'now'::timestamp
>> would change behavior subtly.

> It's a good idea, eventually. All it would do is change the time it's
> evaluated, and in that example it doesn't change since 'now' is the
> transaction start time.

Well, it could change, eg if this appears in a PREPARE'd statement or a
column default expression. Offhand it seems likely that the change
would be for the better, but I'm still hesitant.

regards, tom lane

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