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Re: Who adds the "start transaction" and "commit" to the intended SQL statement in "autocommit" mode? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Julien Rouhaud
Subject Re: Who adds the "start transaction" and "commit" to the intended SQL statement in "autocommit" mode?
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In response to Who adds the "start transaction" and "commit" to the intended SQL statement in "autocommit" mode?  (Bryn Llewellyn <bryn@yugabyte.com>)
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Hi,

On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 03:49:26PM -0800, Bryn Llewellyn wrote:
>
> But it's not clear who actually implements the opening "start transaction"
> and the closing "commit" around every submitted SQL statement when autocommit
> is "on".
>
> Is this done in client-side code (maybe implying three round trips per
> intended SQL statement)? Or is it done server-side?

It's always done on the client side, postgres itself doesn't know about this
feature.

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