Re: How to set "auto commit" off in postgresql db?

From: "J(dot)H(dot)M(dot) Dassen (Ray)" <jdassen(at)cistron-office(dot)nl>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to set "auto commit" off in postgresql db?
Date: 2001-01-11 21:26:28
Message-ID: 20010111222628.A23245@cistron-office.nl
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On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 21:02:56 -0000, Guang Mei wrote:
> It seems to me that postgresql db's default set for commit is "on".

Erm, it's not PostgreSQL itself, but rather the "psql" interface.

> I would like to set it to "off". How could I do that?

By explicitly starting a transaction through "BEGIN WORK".

HTH,
Ray
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