# Write skew test. # # This test has two serializable transactions: one which updates all # 'apple' rows to 'pear' and one which updates all 'pear' rows to # 'apple'. If these were serialized (run one at a time) either # value could be present, but not both. One must be rolled back to # prevent the write skew anomaly. # # Any overlap between the transactions must cause a serialization failure. setup { CREATE TABLE test (i int PRIMARY KEY, t text); INSERT INTO test VALUES (5, 'apple'), (7, 'pear'), (11, 'banana'); } teardown { DROP TABLE test; } session s1 setup { BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE; } step rwx1 { UPDATE test SET t = 'apple' WHERE t = 'pear'; } step c1 { COMMIT; } session s2 setup { BEGIN ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE; } step rwx2 { UPDATE test SET t = 'pear' WHERE t = 'apple'} step c2 { COMMIT; }