Re: A bad behavior under autocommit off mode - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hiroshi Inoue
Subject Re: A bad behavior under autocommit off mode
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Msg-id 3E557E97.F88A4BA9@tpf.co.jp
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In response to Re: A bad behavior under autocommit off mode  ("Hiroshi Inoue" <inoue@tpf.co.jp>)
Responses Re: A bad behavior under autocommit off mode  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> Hiroshi Inoue <Inoue@tpf.co.jp> writes:
> > Anyway should 'set autocommit to off;commit' cause
> > a warning or an error in the first place ?
> 
> IIRC, the SET does *not* start a transaction,

Yes but doesn't autocommit-off mode mean that
it implicitly begins a transaction in suitable
places ? For example, 'set autocommit to off;
declare .. cursor ..' works though it never
work without BEGIN under autocommit-on mode.

> so the COMMIT should raise
> a warning.

regards,
Hiroshi Inouehttp://www.geocities.jp/inocchichichi/psqlodbc/


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