"Tom Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I believe the reason the spec is written in the particular way that > it is is that they wanted to allow, e.g., > > set transaction isolation level serializable; > set transaction read only; > sql-command; > sql-command; > ... > commit;
So that works currently. I think you're right that the spec has to be read assuming autocommit off. postgres=# \set AUTOCOMMIT off postgres=# set transaction isolation level serializable; SET postgres=# set transaction read only; SET postgres=# create table foo (i integer); ERROR: transaction is read-only postgres=# rollback; ROLLBACK postgres=# set transaction read only; SET postgres=# set transaction isolation level serializable; SET postgres=# create table i (integer i); ERROR: transaction is read-only -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Ask me about EnterpriseDB's 24x7 Postgres support! -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers