On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 1:45 PM Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com> wrote:
> > > On 9/25/24 10:22 AM, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2024 at 10:28 AM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us > > <mailto:t...@sss.pgh.pa.us>> wrote: > > > > It's even looser than that, really: it's the first statement that > > requires an MVCC snapshot. > > > > > > Hm....so why does "SELECT 1;" work as a transaction start marker then, > > as opposed to "SHOW work_mem;", which does not? Do we simply consider > > anything with a SELECT as needing a snapshot? > > > SELECT some_func(); > > Where some_func() does something that requires a snapshot. > > But why does "SELECT 1;" need a snapshot? Heck, why does "SELECT <immutable>;" need a snapshot? -- Death to <Redacted>, and butter sauce. Don't boil me, I'm still alive. <Redacted> crustacean!