Jim Nasby <jim.na...@bluetreble.com> wrote: > If we go that route we should also mention that now() will no > longer be doing what you probably hope it would (AFAIK it's > driven by BEGIN and not the first snapshot).
There is also the fact that pg_stat_activity shows a connection as being "idle in transaction" as soon as BEGIN is executed; it does not wait for the snapshot to be acquired. -- Kevin Grittner EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers