Re: Test-cases for deferred constraints in plpgsql_transaction.sql

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Ashutosh Sharma <ashu(dot)coek88(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Test-cases for deferred constraints in plpgsql_transaction.sql
Date: 2018-07-04 07:46:58
Message-ID: 1de60355-3f87-a4ce-4505-e2e843558bb1@2ndquadrant.com
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On 02.07.18 17:11, Ashutosh Sharma wrote:
> Firstly, it would test if the ROLLBACK works as expected when used
> with the deferred constraints in plpgsql procedures. Secondly, it
> would test if the COMMIT/ROLLBACK works as expected for deferrable
> constraints which was initially immediate type but, later it got set
> to deferred using SET CONSTRAINTS command. I just raised this point
> because i couldn't find such test anywhere in plpgsl_transaction.sql
> file. Please let me know if i am missing something here. Thanks.

Deferred constraints operate on a level below PL/pgSQL. PL/pgSQL just
calls the internal commit and rollback functions, and those handle the
rest. So I don't think we gain much by testing all the functionality
that is associated with transactions again in each procedural language.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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