On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 01:21:19PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: > The issue is the difference between start of transaction and time when > the serializable snapshot is taken. Since BEGIN and other commands may > be issued as separate network requests it makes sense to defer taking > the snapshot until the first time it is needed. The transaction is still > serializable, just that the manual is worded slightly incorrectly with > regards the exact timing.
I've always interpreted it as "there exists a serialised order for the transactions" but the database makes no guarentees about what it might be. I can't think of any real world case where you actually care about the order, just as long as one exists. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to > litigate.
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