Re: [HACKERS] SAVEPOINT syntax again

Tom Lane wrote:
> Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com> writes:
> > Oracle has ROLLBACK TO [ SAVEPOINT ] <savepoint specifier>
> > DB2 has ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT <savepoint specifier>
>
> I would go with Oracle's lead here, first because they are the de facto
> standard, and second because I don't want to have to type out SAVEPOINT
> every time I use one of these commands.
>
> > <release savepoint statement> ::= RELEASE SAVEPOINT <savepoint specifier>
>
> > Oracle does not have RELEASE SAVEPOINT.
> > DB2 has RELEASE [ TO ] SAVEPOINT <savepoint specifier>
>
> I'd vote for RELEASE [ SAVEPOINT ] <name> (for brevity, and for
> consistency with ROLLBACK). I feel no urge to copy DB2.

Are we ever going to use "RELEASE" for prepared statements? If so
making SAVEPOINT optional might be a bad idea.

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