Re: Packages: Again

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Packages: Again
Date: 2017-01-11 20:08:58
Message-ID: 20170111200858.GG8584@momjian.us
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 08:56:23PM +0100, Fabien COELHO wrote:
>
> >I think we need to focus on things that _can't_ be done first, rather
> >than things that require porting, e.g. until we had savepoints, you
> >couldn't migrate an application that needed it. It wasn't a question of
> >porting --- there was just no way to port it.
> >
> >Those _missing_ pieces should be a priority.
>
> Nested/autonomous transactions? Do they occur often in PL/SQL code?

Yes, they do based on the number of "I can't port from Oracle"
complaints we used to get, perhaps related to exceptions. Once we had
them, the complaints of that type disappeared.

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