Re: Revisited: Transactions, insert unique. - Mailing list pgsql-general

rmcm@compsoft.com.au wrote:
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> Doesn't
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>      SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
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> have to come within transaction - ie
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>      BEGIN;
>      SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
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> In this order your test seems to behave correctly - only 1 row inserted.

Yes, my initial ordering was in error.  But even after reordering, the
point is not that only 1 row was inserted, but rather that Transaction A
was able to see the effects of transaction B when it clearly should not.

Regards,
Ed Loehr