Re: Nested Transactions, Abort All

On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 04:47:09PM -0700, Mike Benoit wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 18:38 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 02:01:37PM -0500, Thomas Swan wrote:

> > If we change the syntax, say by using SUBCOMMIT/SUBABORT for
> > subtransactions, then using a simple ABORT would abort the whole
> > transaction tree.
>
> But then we're back to the application having to know if its in a
> regular transaction or a sub-transaction aren't we? To me that sounds
> just as bad.

I don't get it. You want to argue that the application should be
ignorant of whether it was in a transaction or not?

What I am saying is that independent of what the current nesting level
is, issuing ABORT would close all open subtransactions, close (roll
back) the main transaction too, and return to the default
not-in-a-transaction state.

Of course, issuing a single COMMIT would also commit all open
subtransactions and the main transaction too.

In contrast, issuing SUBCOMMIT or SUBABORT would commit/abort only the
current subtransaction.

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