Re: [BUGS] BUG #7623: Inconsistency on transaction isolation documentation

2012-10-30 Thread Louis-Claude Canon
Thanks for your helpful explanations. Reading subsection 13.2.1 makes sense now. I am not sure if and how the documentation could be improved, but I propose below some suggestions that you may find relevant. My confusion may have stem from my lack of knowledge in PostgreSQL locking mechanism.

Re: [BUGS] BUG #7623: Inconsistency on transaction isolation documentation

2012-10-29 Thread Kevin Grittner
louis-claude.ca...@univ-fcomte.fr wrote: > In the first paragraph of Section 13.2.1, it is first stated that > "[with] this isolation level, a SELECT query [...] never sees [...] > changes committed during query execution by concurrent > transactions." It is my understanding that this is untrue (a

[BUGS] BUG #7623: Inconsistency on transaction isolation documentation

2012-10-29 Thread louis-claude . canon
The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 7623 Logged by: Louis-Claude Canon Email address: louis-claude.ca...@univ-fcomte.fr PostgreSQL version: 9.2.1 Operating system: All Description: In the first paragraph of Section 13.2.1, it is first stat