Re: Vote on SET in aborted transaction - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jan Wieck
Subject Re: Vote on SET in aborted transaction
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Msg-id 200204231659.g3NGxwc02239@saturn.janwieck.net
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In response to Vote on SET in aborted transaction  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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   SET should follow transaction semantics and rollback.


Jan

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> OK, would people please vote on how to handle SET in an aborted
> transaction?  This vote will allow us to resolve the issue and move
> forward if needed.
> 
> In the case of:
> 
>     SET x=1;
>     BEGIN;
>     SET x=2;
>     query_that_aborts_transaction;
>     SET x=3;
>     COMMIT;
> 
> at the end, should 'x' equal:
>     
>     1 - All SETs are rolled back in aborted transaction
>     2 - SETs are ignored after transaction abort
>     3 - All SETs are honored in aborted transaction
>     ? - Have SETs vary in behavior depending on variable
> 
> Our current behavior is 2.
> 
> Please vote and I will tally the results.
> 
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