Hi Josh
If it is an implied transaction, can one use a rollback in the body of
the function?
On 27/05/03, Josh Berkus (josh@agliodbs.com) wrote:
> > I don't appear to be able to use transactions in functions. Needless to
> > say, transactions work in psql. The function below works if I take the
> > TRANSACTION bits out. Help much appreciated!
>
> That is correct. Functions include an implied transaction in PostgreSQL,
> unless they are part of a larger transaction. Postgres does not currently
> support "nested" transactions, so any attempt to use them inside a function
> will fail.
>
> It's on the "TODO" list.
Thanks
Rory
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