On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 13:13 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > What is needed here is a layman's context of what isolation modes are
> > good for what type of operation. Neither your explanation or Tom's is
> > particularly useful except to say, "Crap, I might be screwed but I don't
> > know if I am... how do I find out?"
>
> If we had a simple way to characterize that, we'd not be having this
> discussion :-(
Certainly true. Sorry if I came off harsh my intent was to illustrate
the more verbose yet less detailed information isn't going to help.
Joshua D. Drake
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