Document bug regarding read only transactions

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Document bug regarding read only transactions
Date: 2017-06-14 02:08:26
Message-ID: 20170614.110826.425627939780392324.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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In https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/hot-standby.html#hot-standby-users

It is explained that read only transactions (not in standby) allow to
update sequences.

In normal operation, <quote>read-only</> transactions are allowed to
update sequences and to use <command>LISTEN</>, <command>UNLISTEN</>, and
<command>NOTIFY</>, so Hot Standby sessions operate under slightly tighter
restrictions than ordinary read-only sessions. It is possible that some
of these restrictions might be loosened in a future release.

This is plain wrong.

BEGIN;
BEGIN
test=# SET transaction_read_only TO on;
SET
test=# SELECT nextval('t1_i_seq');
ERROR: cannot execute nextval() in a read-only transaction
test=# \q

Attached is the patch against master branch.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php
Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp

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high-availability.diff text/x-patch 684 bytes

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