| From: | Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: in failed sql transaction |
| Date: | 2006-09-25 10:04:57 |
| Message-ID: | 20060925100457.GB5461@merkur.hilbert.loc |
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 03:16:07PM +0530, Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> >All other databases I used up to now just ignore the statement violating
> >the
> >> constraint, but leave the transaction intact.
> >
> >Which databases behave that way? Does COMMIT succeed even if some
> >statements failed?
>
> Oracle, for one, behaves that way... Yes, COMMIT does succeed even if some
> statement(s) threw errors.
>
> Probably, the 'other' DBs have implemented that by an implicit savepoint
> just before a command, and rollong back to it automatically, if the
> transaction fails.
>
> This is quite a desirable feature...
Why bother with transactions at all if autocommit is enabled ??
Karsten
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