On Saturday March 22 2003 9:26, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Ed L." <pgsql@bluepolka.net> writes:
> > Am I correct in assuming the system can modify system tables outside a
> > transaction?
>
> No, it can't. *Any* DB change has to be done within a transaction.
D'oh. Horse...dead.
You didn't say, but do you think the xid is a reliable replication replay
ordering even though it comes at the start of the transaction?
Ed