Re: [WebStorage] Concerns on spec section 'Processing Model'

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Nikunj R. Mehta<nikunj.mehta@oracle.com> wrote:
> I am not proposing to take away your choice. But please don't take away
> mine.
>
> It would be useful to see an explanation as to why the proposal I made
> [[
> add an isolation level parameter with a default value of SERIALIZABLE and
> remove the exclusive database-level write lock requirement
> ]]
>
> is worse than the current spec text. You can refer to SQL92 explain the
> meaning of SERIALIZABLE. AFAIK, there are no interoperability problems with
> transaction isolation levels.

I'm personally not opposed to adding more isolation levels in addition
to the current single option of SERIALIZABLE. It could be added as an
argument to transaction().

I don't think it is a particularly high value feature, but I also
don't see a big problem with it. And I can imagine that some
particularly ambitious developers might want to take advantage of it.

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