Re: Named transaction

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "Pavel Golub" <pavel(at)gf(dot)microolap(dot)com>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Named transaction
Date: 2009-06-17 19:38:19
Message-ID: 4A38FFDB0200002500027CBE@gw.wicourts.gov
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Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Yes, but some other followups suggest that maybe a "named
> transaction" does something else entirely. Thus my request for a
> definition of what the OP is actually asking for.

Well, a quick google search suggests that all three guesses here were
off base. This is the best clue I could find with a two-minute
perusal:

# TRANSACTION_HANDLE -> use a named transaction. Firebird allows
# multiple transactions per connection. In the case below, this
# request is run in the system transaction - not available outside the
# engine. The system transaction number is 0 and it is
# "pre-committed" meaning that its changes are immediately visible to
# all other transactions.

Does that send a nasty chill up anyone else's spine?

-Kevin

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