Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> wrote: > Could someone describe concisely what behavior "snapshot" isolation > provides that repeatable read does? Phantom reads are not possible in snapshot isolation. They are allowed to occur (though not required to occur) in repeatable read. Note that in early versions of the SQL standard, this difference was sufficient to qualify as serializable; but recent versions raised the bar for serializable transactions. -Kevin
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