Re: AUTO COMMIT

From: "Jean-Yves F(dot) Barbier" <12ukwn(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: AUTO COMMIT
Date: 2010-06-28 18:23:06
Message-ID: 20100628202306.118ac505@anubis.defcon1
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Le Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:56:51 +0100,
Atif Jung <atifjung(at)gmail(dot)com> a écrit :

...
> "In the default mode, statements are committed only when EXEC SQL COMMIT
> is issued. The embedded SQL interface also supports autocommit of
> transactions (similar to libpq behavior) via the -t command-line option
> to ecpg (see below) or via the EXEC SQL SET AUTOCOMMIT TO ON statement.
> In autocommit mode, each command is automatically committed unless it is
> inside an explicit transaction block. This mode can be explicitly turned
> off using EXEC SQL SET AUTOCOMMIT TO OFF."
>
> I've used the -t command-line option when compiling my code, and
> AUTOCOMMIT is set, but I still get the following error message when
> declaring a cursor:
>
> DECLARE CURSOR can only be used in transaction blocks.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

autocommit means *every* line is begin/commit (or fails).

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