On 1/26/2007 8:06 AM, Gregory Stark wrote:
"Jan Wieck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
backend1: select publish_snapshot(); -- will block
backend2: start transaction;
backend2: set transaction isolation level serializable;
backend2: select clone_snapshot(<pid>); -- will unblock backend1
It seems simpler to have a current_snapshot() function that returns an bytea
or a new snapshot data type which set_current_snapshot(bytea) took to change
your snapshot. Then you could use tables or out-of-band communication to pass
around your snapshots however you please.
set_current_snapshot() would have to sanity check that the xmin of the new
snapshot isn't older than the current globaloldestxmin.
That would solve the backend to backend IPC problem nicely.
Jan
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