Re: [HACKERS] END/ABORT

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] END/ABORT
Date: 2000-01-28 22:18:32
Message-ID: 12524.949097912@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> I'd like to yank the END/ABORT commands, since they're non-standard and
> redundant (COMMIT/ROLLBACK). Anyone who could not bear to see them go?

Exactly what will this accomplish, other than breaking a lot of existing
applications? (Including all of mine, which no doubt biases my thinking.)

> (Of course END would stay as a reserved word.)

If the words must remain reserved, then there's even less value in
removing the statements.

I'm agin it...

regards, tom lane

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