Greg Stark <gsst...@mit.edu> writes: > On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Kevin Grittner > <kevin.gritt...@wicourts.gov> wrote: >> One place I'm particularly interested in using such a feature is in >> pg_dump. Without it we have the choice of using a SERIALIZABLE >> transaction, which might fail or cause failures (which doesn't seem >> good for a backup program) or using REPEATABLE READ (to get current >> snapshot isolation behavior), which might capture a view of the data >> which contains serialization anomalies.
> I'm puzzled how pg_dump could possibly have serialization anomalies. At the moment, it can't. If this patch means that it can, that's going to be a mighty good reason not to apply the patch. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers