On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Andy Colson <andy@squeakycode.net> wrote:
> In PG the first statement you fire off (like an "insert into" for example)
> will start a transaction. If you dont commit before you disconnect that
> transaction will be rolled back. Even worse, if your program does not
> commit, but keeps the connection to the db open, the transaction will stay
> open too.
Huh - is this new? I always thought that every statement was wrapped
in its own transaction unless you explicitly start your own. So you
shouldn't need to commit before closing a connection if you never
opened a transaction to begin with.
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Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
