Re: transaction confusion

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: Sim Zacks <sim(at)compulab(dot)co(dot)il>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: transaction confusion
Date: 2006-09-18 09:15:55
Message-ID: 20060918091555.GA8796@svana.org
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 10:31:26AM +0200, Sim Zacks wrote:
> > I think the reason you are seeing failures in the first function is
> > that the initial DELETE is a no-op so it doesn't serialize anything,
> > and then there is conflict when the two INSERTs proceed in parallel.
>
> Here is a simple, reproducible example that delete doesn't cause it to use
> serial:

I wonder if you set the transaction mode to "serializable" whether that
would make a difference. In standard read-committed the way it works
below seems to be what's expected (each transaction sees what was
committed at the time is ran).

Have a ncie day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.

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