From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: chris+postgresql@qwirx.com
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: SET CONSTRAINTS ALL IMMEDIATE affects SET TRANSACTION READ ONLY
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:59:11 -0400
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Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 9/9/16 12:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I wouldn't really imagine that it's sensible to set READ ONLY
>> mid-transaction at all, but if it means anything to do that, surely
>> it ought to mean that no updates can happen *after* you set it.
> I think there is a bit of code missing in check_transaction_read_only().
> We prevent changing from read-only to read-write after the first query
> but not vice versa. That seems like an oversight.
The comments around the code make it absolutely clear that it's
intentional, not an "oversight". Whether it's a good idea is open
for discussion, certainly, but I don't see how you can imagine that
it wasn't considered.
regards, tom lane
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