Re: Automatic transactions in psql - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Automatic transactions in psql
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Msg-id 200202221612.g1MGCv112712@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Automatic transactions in psql  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> > This is an interesting idea, although you may want to give the user the
> > option to customize his prompt.
>
> Seems cool.  I am a bit worried about whether the transaction-block
> detection mechanism is reliable, though.  We might need to add something
> to the FE/BE protocol to make this work correctly.

OK, status on this?  Seems we can't apply the patch as-is because of
reliability of the status display.  Do people wnat a TODO item?  I don't
think I want to make an incompatible protocol change for this feature.

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