Re: psycopg3 transactions

From: Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>
To: Psycopg <psycopg(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>, Paolo De Stefani <paolo(at)paolodestefani(dot)it>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Daniele Varrazzo <daniele(dot)varrazzo(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: psycopg3 transactions
Date: 2021-10-21 16:22:07
Message-ID: 1A345ABA-0509-46DF-900C-BA0296ADD5A9@thebuild.com
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> On Oct 21, 2021, at 09:18, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> But yes, the biggest issue I have with it is the part that's outlined in the Warning section of the docs there -- using it in different ways provides completely and fundamentally different behaviour in a way that can cause bad data.
>
> Things would be a lot more clear if the *connection* context didn't do *anything* with transactions whatsoever, and the *transaction* one did all of it. When it comes to transactions, explicit is always better than implicit IMNSHO.

+1. I have to say that had I not read the warning, the behavior would have taken me by surprise, even with a lot of psycopg2 experience.

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