Re: SET autocommit begins transaction?

Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> ...
> > I think if we special case autocommit we have to force it to start a
> > transaction.
>
> Be aware that "SET AUTOCOMMIT" does *not* start a transaction in other
> systems (at least in Ingres, where I first ran into the feature).
>
> This case is illustrating a general issue with trying to bracket
> variables within transactions; the "special case" is that if a
> transaction is not open then the change should be global across
> transactions.
>
> Any counterexamples would argue for two separate behaviors, not for
> shoehorning everything into one, uh, shoe.

I am fine with special casing autocommit. Is that what you are
suggesting?

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