Re: [BUGS] BUG #1118: Misleading Commit message

On 7/10/2004 10:54 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> > Do we want to add this to TODO:
>> > * Issue an extra message when COMMIT completes a failed transaction
>>
>> No --- it's (a) wordy and (b) not responsive to the original complaint,
>> which was that a client that examines command completion tags will be
>> easily misled. We should either change the command tags or do nothing.
>
> I am not excited about changing the command tag.
>

Either changing the command tag or let COMMIT of an aborted transaction
fail (and stay in aborted transaction state). Those are the only two
clean ways to communicate to the client "no, I cannot commit".

Jan

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