Re: A bad behavior under autocommit off mode

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Barry Lind <blind(at)xythos(dot)com>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue(at)tpf(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: A bad behavior under autocommit off mode
Date: 2003-03-24 19:43:49
Message-ID: 19720.1048535029@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> The question is whether a client-side implementation of autocommit is
> going to allow SET to begin a transaction when autocommit is off.

Well, that'd be up to the client to decide ... but I would imagine
they'd probably make it do so. AFAIR the reason we wanted SET not to
start a transaction was only for AUTOCOMMIT, and there's no reason
to special-case it otherwise.

regards, tom lane

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