Re: synchronized snapshots

From: Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>
To: Florian Weimer <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: synchronized snapshots
Date: 2011-08-15 11:30:10
Message-ID: CACw0+10Xu5hMwJ3ZLMFY8HDdeLAqJbhdnmyTwdZrxqam6dWONg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Florian Weimer <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de> wrote:
> * Simon Riggs:
>
>> I don't see the need to change the BEGIN command, which is SQL
>> Standard. We don't normally do that.
>
> Some language bindings treat BEGIN specially, so it might be difficult
> to use this feature.

It's true, the command might require explicit support from language
bindings. However I used some perl test scripts, where you can also
send a START TRANSACTION command in an $dbh->do(...).

The intended use case of this feature is still pg_dump btw...

Joachim

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