Re: in failed sql transaction - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Karsten Hilbert
Subject Re: in failed sql transaction
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Msg-id 20060925100457.GB5461@merkur.hilbert.loc
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In response to Re: in failed sql transaction  ("Gurjeet Singh" <singh.gurjeet@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 03:16:07PM +0530, Gurjeet Singh wrote:

> >All other databases I used up to now just ignore the statement violating
> >the
> >> constraint, but leave the transaction intact.
> >
> >Which databases behave that way?  Does COMMIT succeed even if some
> >statements failed?
>
> Oracle, for one, behaves that way... Yes, COMMIT does succeed even if some
> statement(s) threw errors.
>
> Probably, the 'other' DBs have implemented that by an implicit savepoint
> just before a command, and rollong back to it automatically, if the
> transaction fails.
>
> This is quite a desirable feature...

Why bother with transactions at all if autocommit is enabled ??

Karsten
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