From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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To: | Tyson Lloyd Thwaites <tyson(dot)lloydthwaites(at)allianza(dot)com(dot)au> |
Cc: | Webb Sprague <webb(dot)sprague(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [RESEND] Transaction auto-abort causes grief with Spring Framework |
Date: | 2007-08-17 06:58:16 |
Message-ID: | 20070817065816.GC20103@svana.org |
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 04:10:24PM +0930, Tyson Lloyd Thwaites wrote:
> I am not familiar with the autocommit fiasco, but I can use my
> imagination... :)
The changed transaction semantics caused much havoc with librarys and
drivers because client program could change the setting and driver no
long had any idea when their queries would commit.
> You mention it can be built into the driver - is this a 'could be' or
> 'has been', ie is this a mainstream practice, or would such a thing be
> considered risky? I would think it would be wonderful to allow users to
> choose to override this behaviour - and suffer the consequences if
> necessary! It's like playing with the fsync setting... turn it off at
> your own risk.
Looking at the archives it's definitly been discussed but looks like
it's waiting for someone to implement it... (Odd, I wouldn't have
thought it was so difficult).
Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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