Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> We could fix this either by changing the definition of
>> IsTransactionState() or by introducing another test function with
>> a different name.  Any thoughts which is preferable?

> Is this done or should it be kept for 8.4?

Fixed, I thought ... yeah, here:

2007-06-07 17:45  tgl

        * src/backend/: access/transam/xact.c, storage/ipc/procarray.c,
        utils/error/elog.c: Redefine IsTransactionState() to only return
        true for TRANS_INPROGRESS state, which is the only state in which
        it's safe to initiate database queries.  It turns out that all but
        two of the callers thought that's what it meant; and the other two
        were using it as a proxy for "will GetTopTransactionId() return a
        nonzero XID"?  Since it was in fact an unreliable guide to that,
        make those two just invoke GetTopTransactionId() always, then deal
        with a zero result if they get one.

                        regards, tom lane

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