Re: Read Uncommitted

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>
Cc: Mark Dilger <hornschnorter(at)gmail(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Read Uncommitted
Date: 2019-12-18 21:24:50
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZdJ8P078KCh06xSUd8E8aFC=0rgU_yXMm_KC8TtpBwjg@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 2:29 PM Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi> wrote:
> I agree that if we have a user-exposed READ UNCOMMITTED isolation level,
> it shouldn't be just a recovery tool. For a recovery tool, I think a
> set-returning function as part of contrib/pageinspect, for example,
> would be more appropriate. Then it could also try to be more defensive
> against corrupt pages, and be superuser-only.

+1.

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Robert Haas
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