Re: Use of LOCAL in SET command - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

> SQL uses LOCAL to mean the local node in a distributed system (SET LOCAL
> TRANSACTION ...) and the current session as opposed to all sessions (local
> temporary table).  The new SET LOCAL command adds the meaning "this
> transaction only".  Instead we could simply use SET TRANSACTION, which
> would be consistent in behaviour with the SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL
> command.

Yes. If there is a possibility of confusion (now or later) over SQL99
syntax, we should do it The Right Way per spec.
                - Thomas