Re: SET TRANSACTION and SQL Standard - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: SET TRANSACTION and SQL Standard
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Msg-id 1231512336.18005.437.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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In response to Re: SET TRANSACTION and SQL Standard  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: SET TRANSACTION and SQL Standard  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 16:14 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> > I notice that we allow commands such as
> > 
> > SET TRANSACTION read only read write read only;
> > 
> > BEGIN TRANSACTION read only read only read only;
> > 
> > Unsurprisingly, these violate the SQL Standard:
> > * p.977 section 19.1 syntax (1)
> > * p.957 section 17.3 syntax (2)
> 
> Well, we allow a lot of things.  Violations of the SQL standard happen 
> when a command that appears in the standard doesn't do what the standard 
> says.  Allowing commands that are not in the standard is not a violation.

Except when the standard explicitly forbids it, as with the above.

-- Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.comPostgreSQL Training, Services and Support



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