Re: LISTEN considered dangerous

From: Vivek Khera <vivek(at)khera(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: LISTEN considered dangerous
Date: 2006-08-02 14:55:50
Message-ID: B3F90CA4-4443-496A-8950-FC4B2C3E5CF8@khera.org
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On Aug 2, 2006, at 2:07 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> that the OP's complaint is valid. I would still expect any
> reimplementation of notify messaging to honor the principle that a
> LISTEN doesn't take effect till you commit. Otherwise, what of

Well, it would break our usage of LISTEN/NOTIFY if they did not honor
transactions, so back-compatibility is in my book the most important
reason not to change that behavior.

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