Re: transaction safety - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: transaction safety
Date
Msg-id 18343.981991350@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: transaction safety  (DaVinci <bombadil@wanadoo.es>)
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DaVinci <bombadil@wanadoo.es> writes:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 01:08:01PM -0000, Michael Ansley wrote:
>> Typically, the insert for a person, and for all the associated addresses
>> would be done in the same transaction so that if the insert for one of the
>> addresses failed, then the whole lot would role back (perhaps a bit extreme,
>> but I think that's what you asked for ;-)

>  I thought it is possible to have different transactions opened and insert
>  data in same table from them. It seems my idea was fault, doesn't it?.
>  In sumary: locks with inserts are for table and not for tuple. If this is
>  not true, tell me details, please :)

It's not true.  How did you arrive at that conclusion from what Mike
said?

            regards, tom lane

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