Re: pg_query transaction: auto rollback? begin or start?? commit or end???

From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_query transaction: auto rollback? begin or start?? commit or end???
Date: 2008-07-24 07:19:36
Message-ID: 20080724071936.GA3869@merkur.hilbert.loc
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> How can I
> > even include something *outside* a transaction *inside* it

I was referring to conditions outside the database which you
detect while the transaction is in progress and which
invalidate the semantic integrity of the transaction as a
whole. Under such circumstances you would want to issue a
rollback even though technically the transaction went
through an *could* be committed. That's about the only case
where it makes sense to have a keyword separate from "end",
namely "rollback". Because you have the choice: either "end"
the transaction or "rollback". All other cases just need
"end". They will rollback or commit depending on whether
there were any unhandled errors.

Karsten
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