On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 12:36:11PM +0200, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-05-11 at 00:33 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> >
> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/transaction-iso.html
> > Description:
> >
> > in this page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/transaction-iso.html
> >
> > under the Table 13.1 section, if we search for "phantom reads. Stricter
> > behavior is permitted by the SQL standard", do we mean "Looser behaviour"?
>
> What is meant is "The SQL standard allows an implementation to implement
> stricter behavior than required by the standard; it only defines the things
> that are *not* allowed to happen at a certain isolation level. So it is for
> example fine for PostgreSQL not to allow dirty reads in READ UNCOMMITTED
> isolation level."
>
> Perhaps this could be rewritten to be clearer; it is indeed easy to
> misunderstand that sentence.
How is this attached patch's wording?
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