Re: Named transaction

Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>
>> Yes, but some other followups suggest that maybe a "named
>> transaction" does something else entirely. Thus my request for a
>> definition of what the OP is actually asking for.
>>
>
> Well, a quick google search suggests that all three guesses here were
> off base. This is the best clue I could find with a two-minute
> perusal:
>
> # TRANSACTION_HANDLE -> use a named transaction. Firebird allows
> # multiple transactions per connection. In the case below, this
> # request is run in the system transaction - not available outside the
> # engine. The system transaction number is 0 and it is
> # "pre-committed" meaning that its changes are immediately visible to
> # all other transactions.
>
> Does that send a nasty chill up anyone else's spine?
>
>
>

Well, it does even more when you read in the docs that Firebase DDL can
*only* take place in the context of the system transaction.

cheers

andrew