Re: Overhead cost of Serializable Snapshot Isolation

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>

Cc: Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg@turnstep.com>

Date: 2011-10-11T21:45:44Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org> wrote:
> 
> > That experience has taught me that backwards compatibility, while very
> > important in a lot of cases, has the potential to do just as much harm
> > if overdone.
> 
> Agreed. Does my suggestion represent overdoing it? I ask for balance,
> not an extreme.

Well, balance is looking at what everyone else in the group is
suggesting, and realizing you might not have all the answers, and
listening.  As far as I can see, you are the _only_ one who thinks it
needs an option.  In that light, your suggestion seems extreme, not
balanced.

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