Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server: Rearrange pg_subtrans handling

From: Philip Yarra <philip(at)utiba(dot)com>
To: Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)coretech(dot)co(dot)nz>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server: Rearrange pg_subtrans handling
Date: 2004-08-25 05:57:10
Message-ID: 200408251557.10533.philip@utiba.com
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 03:54 pm, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Greg Stark wrote:
> > It's only allowed when the transaction is in READ UNCOMMITTED
> > isolation level.
> >
> >Something Postgres doesn't currently support. In fact I'm not aware of any
> > SQL database that supports it, though I'm sure there's one somewhere.
>
> FYI - DB2 supports this isolation level, I don't know of any others (tho
> Informix is a possibility).

Sybase ASE (and by derivation MS SQL Server) also have dirty reads.

Regards, Philip.

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