On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 07:04:23PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Hmm. Shouldn't we make the autovac launcher use READ COMMITTED, too?
Yeah, probably. That one doesn't seem so important because its transactions aren't long-running (IIRC, it only starts a transaction to scan pg_database). But it wouldn't hurt to keep it from pointlessly registering a serializable transaction. Dan -- Dan R. K. Ports MIT CSAIL http://drkp.net/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers