Re: nested transactions - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: nested transactions
Date
Msg-id 27970.1019513490@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: nested transactions  (Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org>)
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Neil Conway <nconway@klamath.dyndns.org> writes:
> "Steven D. Arnold" <stevena@neosynapse.net> wrote:
>> Also, are nexted transactions "on the board," and if so, when/what
>> release are they planned for?

> They're on the TODO list, but AFAIK no one has volunteered to implement
> them yet.

Steven should probably be warned that this is a "don't hold your breath"
kind of thing.  AFAICS, nested transactions would require a huge amount
of work by very knowledgeable hackers (for example, looking at nearly
every error-exit condition in the backend, to see if it's going to cause
a problem with continuing the current transaction).  The small number
of people who could do it have other priorities.

            regards, tom lane

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