Re: BEGIN vs START TRANSACTION

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BEGIN vs START TRANSACTION
Date: 2003-10-27 03:05:29
Message-ID: 200310270305.h9R35T214534@candle.pha.pa.us
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Gaetano Mendola wrote:
> Hi all,
> why START TRANSACTION READ ONLY is allowed
> and not BEGIN READ ONLY ?

I think because START TRANSACTION is SQL standard? However, I thought
BEGIN WORK was SQL standard, and we don't support READ ONLY there
either --- hmmm.

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