Re: Serializable Isolation without blocking - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: Serializable Isolation without blocking
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Msg-id 1241724997.6109.377.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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In response to Re: Serializable Isolation without blocking  ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>)
Responses Re: Serializable Isolation without blocking
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On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 12:39 -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> wrote:
>  
> > Each user must compare against work performed by all other users.
> O(N).
> > 
> > There are N users, so O(N^2).
>  
> Why does that apply here and not in the update conflict detection?

I think the shoe is on the other foot. :-) 

Explain what you think the algorithmic complexity is, and why, if that's
not correct. Can you beat O(N), with Postgres?

-- Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.comPostgreSQL Training, Services and Support



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