Re: SET autocommit begins transaction?

Sean Chittenden wrote:
> > > > Well there is discussion on whether a SET with autocommit off should
> > > > start a transaction if it is the first command. Right now it does, and
> > > > clearly you have a case where it acts strangely.
> > >
> > > Problem is that through various DB APIs such as DBI, you can't
> > > garuntee to the user doing development that that it's the 1st command
> > > that they're performing.
> >
> > OK, but why does my suggestion not work:
> >
> > SET autocommit = ON;
> > COMMIT;
>
> Hrm... if I changed the DBI layer for Ruby to have:
>
> db['AutoCommit'] = true
>
> use 'SET autocommit = ON; COMMIT;' I think I'd be breaking tons of
> applications where they wouldn't be expecting the commit.

Actually, the current approved way is:

BEGIN; SET autocommit = ON; COMMIT;

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