Re: Is it not possible to nest one block within another?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Nilabhra Banerjee <nil_ban(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Is it not possible to nest one block within another?
Date: 2003-12-02 12:42:18
Message-ID: 200312021242.hB2CgIu15334@candle.pha.pa.us
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Nilabhra Banerjee wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have learnt from mailing archives that nested
> transaction is not possible in postgresql. I then
> thought, in nested blocks, the inner block must be
> having autonomous transaction (As is pragma autonomous
> transaction in Oracle 8i). But I found postgresql is
> able to identify only the outer begin-end pair and
> just ignoring (with a warning) all other inner begin
> -end blocks. Is it natural of postgresql or I am
> making some mistake?

We don't supported nested transactions yet, but hope to soon.

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