On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 02:43:44PM +0530, Gokulakannan Somasundaram wrote:
> Hi,
>    I would like to propose an additional feature for Postgres to enable
> time-travelling inside a transaction.

<snip>

> This would reduce the requirement for Serializable transactions in some
> cases and adds one more feature under the umbrella of postgres.

I'm still confused. Why on earth would you want to run a query against
an old snapshot? If you want a stable view, I'd think of opening a
cursor or using a temporary table. And where does serializable come
into this?

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout   <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution 
> inevitable.
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