From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: autocommit in 7.4 |
Date: | 2003-07-31 04:50:48 |
Message-ID: | 200307310450.h6V4omG12741@candle.pha.pa.us |
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The issue I have is that every interface that relies on libpq is going
to have to code it itself. Is that OK?
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Is there a reason autocommit is implemented in psql and not in libpq via
> > a C function call?
>
> One reason is that PQexec accepts multiple-query strings (possibly with
> embedded BEGIN/END), so it's not immediately obvious what the semantics
> ought to be. We could probably work out some reasonable definition if
> we wanted to put effort into it, but seeing that libpq clients aren't
> historically expecting any autocommit support, I didn't find it a high
> priority task for 7.4.
>
> At this point it's definitely too late for 7.4, anyway. Put it on the
> TODO list if you feel strongly about it.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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