Re: Comments from a Firebird user via Borland

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Cc: tony_caduto(at)amsoftwaredesign(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us
Subject: Re: Comments from a Firebird user via Borland
Date: 2005-11-11 05:56:09
Message-ID: 20051111055609.GB22400@wolff.to
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On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 12:00:12 -0600,
Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov> wrote:
> Hi Tony,
>
> As the referenced documentation states, the PostgreSQL SERIALIZABLE
> transaction isolation level complies with the ANSI/ISO requirements, but
> not with a mathematically pure interpretation of the term. (The only
> quibble I have with that documentation is that you have to be averting
> your eyes to not find several commercial products which do enforce the
> stricter interpretation.)

For cases where you really need predicate locking, you can use full table
locks.

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