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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml index ec4b1baa897..2b203e7698b 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/set.sgml @@ -545,6 +545,11 @@ SET TIME ZONE { '<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">timezone</REPLACEABLE>' | LOCAL <para> Sets the isolation level for the current transaction to 'SERIALIZABLE' or 'READ COMMITTED'. + SERIALIZABLE means that the current transaction will place a + lock on every row read, so later reads in that transaction + see the rows unmodified by other transactions. + READ COMMITTED means that the current transaction reads only + committed rows. READ COMMITTED is the default. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -557,7 +562,7 @@ SET TIME ZONE { '<REPLACEABLE CLASS="PARAMETER">timezone</REPLACEABLE>' | LOCAL <listitem> <para> Sets the isolation level for the current transaction to - 'SERIALIZABLE' or 'READ COMMITTED'. + 'READ COMMITTED'. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |