Re: Does psql use nested transactions? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Philip Warner
Subject Re: Does psql use nested transactions?
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Msg-id 6.1.1.1.0.20040818092259.0699cd60@203.8.195.10
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In response to Re: Does psql use nested transactions?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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At 07:10 AM 18/08/2004, Tom Lane wrote:
>I have not had an opportunity to benchmark it but I fear a savepoint may
>cost near as much as a full xact in practice.

Out of curiosity, does this mean that using a savepoint per statement will 
be no worse than using psql in autocommit mode?




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