Re: Bug #514: Backend crashes periodically - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Bug #514: Backend crashes periodically
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Msg-id 6522.1005751569@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Bug #514: Backend crashes periodically  ("Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp>)
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"Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp> writes:
> The problem is that session 2 sees a not yet deleted( by session 1)
> session row and an already updated( by session 1) sis_user row at
> the same time. There's no such snapshot that could see both rows.

Running in SERIALIZABLE mode would guarantee consistency, no?
(Session 2 would be forced to roll back and try again, and when
it tried again it would see the session row already gone.)

I doubt that there is any lesser answer that guarantees consistency
across multiple queries.

            regards, tom lane

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