On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 1:53 PM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Because we're not going to analyze the statement in the amount of depth > needed to make that distinction before we crank up the > transactional machinery. If it says SELECT, it gets a snapshot. > Ok, thanks. So to the original poster's point, perhaps the path with the least side effects / best Principle of Least Surprise (POLS) support is to start the transaction, and immediately call a "SELECT 1;" or perhaps better still, a 'SELECT timeofday();' Cheers, Greg
