On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> Just saw these:
>
> #default_transaction_isolation = 'read committed'
> #default_transaction_read_only = false
>
> Does the second option control the new read only transaction mode? I
> thought 'read only' was just a new level of transaction isolation (ie. one
> of the 4 sql standard ones), so why does it need its own GUC var?
It is a transaction access mode, not an isolation level. ansi sql supports
two modes: read only and read write.
Gavin