On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Bill Todd <pg@dbginc.com> wrote:
> Scott Marlowe wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Bill Todd <pg@dbginc.com> wrote:
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> Does PostgreSQL support nested transactions as shown below?
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> BEGIN;
> ...do some stuff...
> BEGIN;
> ...more stuff...
> COMMIT;
> COMMIT;
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> Postgresql uses savepoints.
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> Savepoints do not provide the same functionality as nested
Yes they do. There was a REALLY long discussion on the subject in the
hackers list I believe that led to pgsql supporting savepoints but
not nested transactions
> or parallel transactions
That's something entirely different and a question you did not ask