Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 18:24:21 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: derek@softwaregems.com.au, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: "innovative Serializable Snapshot Isolation (SSI) level"
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On Mon, Aug  3, 2020 at 01:41:24AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> 
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/mvcc-intro.html
> Description:
> 
> The documentation page:
> __https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/mvcc-intro.html
> makes a reference to the term "innovative Serializable Snapshot Isolation
> (SSI) level"
> I can't find that anywhere in the documentation.  I am expecting to find it
> here:
> __https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/transaction-iso.html
> or here:
> __https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-set-transaction.html
> But there is nothing.
> 
> A search for the term "innovative Serializable Snapshot Isolation (SSI)
> level":
> __https://www.postgresql.org/search/?q=Serializable+Snapshot+Isolation+
> produces a lengthy listing, demonstrating that the term is used throughout
> the documentation.  But there is no entry in the documentation that defines
> the term, or that defines the commands required to use it.

Uh, it is here:

	https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/transaction-iso.html#XACT-SERIALIZABLE

"innovative" is not part of the name.

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  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        https://momjian.us
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