Re: nested transactions

Neil Conway <nconway(at)klamath(dot)dyndns(dot)org> writes:
> "Steven D. Arnold" <stevena(at)neosynapse(dot)net> wrote:
>> Also, are nexted transactions "on the board," and if so, when/what
>> release are they planned for?

> They're on the TODO list, but AFAIK no one has volunteered to implement
> them yet.

Steven should probably be warned that this is a "don't hold your breath"
kind of thing. AFAICS, nested transactions would require a huge amount
of work by very knowledgeable hackers (for example, looking at nearly
every error-exit condition in the backend, to see if it's going to cause
a problem with continuing the current transaction). The small number
of people who could do it have other priorities.

regards, tom lane