Re: pgsql: postgres_fdw: Inherit the local transaction's access/deferrable
Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Etsuro Fujita <etsuro.fujita@gmail.com>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>, Etsuro Fujita <efujita@postgresql.org>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-02-16T01:15:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 05:40:13PM +0900, Etsuro Fujita wrote: > This patch 1) modifies postgres_fdw so that it opens remote > transactions in read-only mode if the corresponding local transaction > is read-only, as noted in the documentation, but 2) keeps the existing > behavior of login triggers that they can write even if the invoking > transaction is read-only. So declaring a transaction as read-only on > the local side doesn't mean it blocks all write operations on the > remote side; it still allows login triggers invoked on the remote side > to write. Considering typical use-cases of such triggers, this seems > reasonable to me. I think it might be a good idea to add a note about > it to the documentation, though. > > I'd like to re-propose this patch for v19, as mentioned in this thread. Considering again that for v19 sounds like a sensible thing to do. Before feature freeze, not after. :D -- Michael
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postgres_fdw: Inherit the local transaction's access/deferrable modes.
- de28140ded8d 19 (unreleased) landed
- e5a3c9d9b5ce 18.0 cited
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Revert "postgres_fdw: Inherit the local transaction's access/deferrable modes."
- 7d4667c6203d 18.0 landed