On 2010-04-06, JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> I have an UPDATE command which modifies several records of one (only one)
> table.
> Is it feasible (or a good idea) to include it in a transaction block to make
> sure the process is performed with integrity?
> Or
> Does PostgreSQL has some kind of auto-integrity check with simple DB
> operations like?
a single update command either succeeds or fails.
if it fails no records will have changed, if it succeds all the
matching records will have been updated.
wrapping it in a transaction will gain you nothing.