On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:55 PM, Kevin Grittner <kevin.gritt...@wicourts.gov> wrote: > > Whoa! I just noticed this phrase on a re-read. I think there might > be some misunderstanding here. > > You can be sure you've written your transaction safely just as soon as > your COMMIT returns without error.
I think we have different definitions of "safely". You only know that you got away with it *this time* when the commit returns without error. I'm concerned with whether you can be sure that the 999th time you run it the database won't randomly decide to declare a serialization failure for reasons you couldn't predict were possible. -- greg -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
