Re: Serializable read and blocking

From: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Rakesh Kumar <rakeshkumar464a3(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Serializable read and blocking
Date: 2016-08-11 12:34:37
Message-ID: CACjxUsPjvDbv0ZQauCKRN8if1z44D-i14YKovWhMPpnw13iZEA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 7:11 AM, Rakesh Kumar
<rakeshkumar464a3(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> The question is re the following claim:
>
> - Readers do not block readers.
> - Readers do not block writers.
> - Writers do not block readers.
> - Writers may block writers.
>
>
> Are the above statements true even with SET TRANSACTION SERIALIZEABLE mode.
> I am specifically interested in the 3rd condition (- Writers do not
> block readers.)

Yes.

https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/SSI

http://vldb.org/pvldb/vol5/p1850_danrkports_vldb2012.pdf

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Kevin Grittner
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