Re: Autocommit off in psql??

From: Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Autocommit off in psql??
Date: 2001-05-22 22:48:51
Message-ID: 20010522184851.B348@klamath.dyndns.org
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On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 09:38:11PM +0200, Bj?rn Lundin wrote:
> Hi!
> Is there a way of turning autocommit of in psql ?
> It would be nice for people used to Oracle's SQL*Plus.
> No fatal error has occurred yet, but some minor problems could have been
> avoided if rollback was possible when the fingers on the keyboard are
> faster than the brain :)

Yes, just start an explicit transaction with "BEGIN" -- this disables
autocommit (so when you want to commit your transaction, you'll need
to do "COMMIT" by hand).

Cheers,

Neil

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