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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2022-06-22 14:33:26 -0400 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2022-06-22 14:33:41 -0400 |
| commit | 3485f8d03eb8cdaa1100472fd36761b1a4b82337 (patch) | |
| tree | e3eb3d219e6ca777c0c40791e9152e899c3c5b01 | |
| parent | cfc86f987349372dbbfc0391f9f519c0a7b27b84 (diff) | |
doc: clarify wording about phantom reads
Reported-by: akhilhello@gmail.com
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/165222922369.669.10475917322916060899@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: 10
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml | 7 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml index 23f71e347c1..a524dfa8ca5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/high-availability.sgml @@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@ LOG: database system is ready to accept read only connections Currently, temporary table creation is not allowed during read only transactions, so in some cases existing scripts will not run correctly. This restriction might be relaxed in a later release. This is - both a SQL Standard compliance issue and a technical issue. + both a SQL standard compliance issue and a technical issue. </para> <para> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml index 23c5a2d1cb4..eab58a9b9ac 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml @@ -277,9 +277,10 @@ <para> The table also shows that PostgreSQL's Repeatable Read implementation - does not allow phantom reads. Stricter behavior is permitted by the - SQL standard: the four isolation levels only define which phenomena - must not happen, not which phenomena <emphasis>must</emphasis> happen. + does not allow phantom reads. This is acceptable under the SQL + standard because the standard specifies which anomalies must + <emphasis>not</emphasis> occur at certain isolation levels; higher + guarantees are acceptable. The behavior of the available isolation levels is detailed in the following subsections. </para> |