Re: Transaction control in procedures

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: legrand legrand <legrand_legrand(at)hotmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Transaction control in procedures
Date: 2017-11-16 18:36:09
Message-ID: 36b95cdc-f72c-15ec-f888-2ad18543e6cd@2ndquadrant.com
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On 11/16/17 07:04, legrand legrand wrote:
> We are just opening the  "close cursors on/at commit" specification ;o)
>
> - MS SQL server: cursor_close_on_commit
> - Firebird: close_cursors_at_commit
> - DB2: "with hold" syntax
> - ...
>
> I think it a plus to support keeping opened cursors at commit time,
> but impacts have to be checked in details ...

I think the facilities to support this in PostgreSQL are already there.
We'd just have to tweak PL/pgSQL to make some of its internal portals
"held" and then clean them up manually at some later point. So I think
this is a localized detail, not a fundamental problem.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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