Re: Changing the transaction isolation level within the stored

From: Markus Schaber <schabi(at)logix-tt(dot)com>
To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Changing the transaction isolation level within the stored
Date: 2006-02-02 14:19:26
Message-ID: 43E214EE.3090005@logix-tt.com
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Hi, Andreq,

Andrew Sullivan wrote:

> I think you don't have a clear idea of what locks are necessary for
> updates. Write operations on a row must block other write operations
> on the same row. If more than one transaction needs the same kinds
> of locks on two different tables, but attempts to get those locks in
> the opposite order, you are all but guaranteed a deadlock. MVCC
> helps, but it can't avoid locking the same data when that data is
> being updated.

You're right, I was mislead from my memory.

Sorry for the confusion I brought to this issue.

Markus

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