Re: Regression tests vs SERIALIZABLE

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 3:28 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 5:24 PM Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> However, since commit 862ef372d6b, there *is* one test that fails if
> >> you run make installcheck against a cluster running with -c
> >> default_transaction_isolation=serializable: transaction.sql.  Is that
> >> a mistake?  Is it a goal to be able to run this test suite against all
> >> 3 isolation levels?
>
> > Here's a fix.
>
> Usually, if we issue a SET in the regression tests, we explicitly RESET
> as soon thereafter as practical, so as to have a well-defined scope
> where the script is running under unusual conditions.

Oh, of course.  Thanks.

I was wrong to blame that commit, and there are many other tests that
fail in the back branches.  But since we were down to just one, I went
ahead and fixed this in the master branch only.