Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I think we could allow users to set the transaction isolation level to
> READ UNCOMMITTED or REPEATABLE READ and internally behave like READ
> COMMITTED or SERIALIZABLE, respectively. The SQL standard seems to allow
> this:
My reading is that the spec *requires* this. We have not done it
because there was some feeling that people would be confused if the
isolation levels appeared to exist but didn't really work as they
expected. But a notice or something could help address that concern.
regards, tom lane