Re: Savepoints in PgAdmin

2009/9/3 Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>:
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Magnus Hagander<magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
>
>> Good question. In general we shouldn't change the default behavior in
>> a backpatch, but I think the use-case for the current behavior is
>> pretty limited.
>
> It's not being back-patched. That code has been there for years, with
> only one complaint that I'm aware of. The complaint is a valid one
> though, which is why I think we should add the option for 1.12.
>
>> AIUI, nothing at all changes for single-statement queries, right? It
>> would only affect those that explicitly open a transaction. In which
>> case I think it's a reasonable default to behave the same way as psql,
>> which means change the default for pgadmin.
>>
>> Specifically on the patch I don't like an option named "disabled auto
>> rollback". Negations in options suck. It shuold be "Enable auto
>> rollback", and then whatever the default is can be argued. I'd also
>> find it very useful if this was available as a checkbox on the query
>> menu, not just in the options dialog. Thoughts?
>
> Which would do what - override the default for that window only, or
> control the default as well? I prefer the former, but some of the
> other options are stored for all future query windows, so there may be
> some inconsistency there.

That's a good question. I'd say for that window only, yes, and perhaps
look over the other options to make them consistent?

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