Re: [HACKERS] BEGIN vs START TRANSACTION - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [HACKERS] BEGIN vs START TRANSACTION
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0311091017501.11030-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] BEGIN vs START TRANSACTION  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian writes:

> In fact, the BEGIN manual page says:
>
>    <xref linkend="sql-start-transaction"
>    endterm="sql-start-transaction-title"> has the same functionality
>    as <command>BEGIN</>.
>
> which is currently not true because START TRANSACTION has additional
> options.

Then the that manual page should be fixed.

> The following patch fixes it.  I will put it into 7.5 after an
> appropriate delay.

I object to adding unnecessary complications like that.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net


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