Re: SQL statements: begin and end

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> I see everybody using the following PostgreSQL statements:
>
> "begin" instead of "begin work"
> "end" instead of "commit work"
>
> This is really bad, because it is not standard, and can easily be taken for
> a statement block, which it is definitely not ! It is a transaction block.

>
> I vote for issuing a NOTICE for these in V7 and remove them in V8,
> at least the single "end"

Not sure on this one. Why not let them use it?

>
> Bruce, please don't use "begin" and "end" in your book.

OK.

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