Re: AW: [HACKERS] Begin statement again

From: Michael Meskes <meskes(at)topsystem(dot)de>
To: andreas(dot)zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at (Zeugswetter Andreas)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org (PostgreSQL Hacker)
Subject: Re: AW: [HACKERS] Begin statement again
Date: 1998-03-20 12:57:02
Message-ID: 199803201257.NAA14905@gauss.topsystem.de
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Zeugswetter Andreas writes:
> Oracle, like DB/2 can' t set it to on. The autocommit ***on*** in ORA ODBC is a trick.
> It simply silently adds commit once in a while (after every statement).

I know. The problem we were talking about was the automatic beginning of a
transaction. No need to say "begin work" it just starts.

> But please to make the vokabulary easy don't refer to begin, but to 'begin work'
> in this context. 'begin' will mean begin a statement block, not a transaction block.

I know that, too. But currently in postgresql begin means the same as begin
work. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Michael

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