Re: BEGIN vs START TRANSACTION

From: Gaetano Mendola <mendola(at)bigfoot(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Subject: Re: BEGIN vs START TRANSACTION
Date: 2003-10-27 09:26:27
Message-ID: 3F9CE4C3.2000609@bigfoot.com
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>> I think because START TRANSACTION is SQL standard? However, I thought
>> BEGIN WORK was SQL standard, and we don't support READ ONLY there
>> either --- hmmm.
>
>
> BEGIN is no part of the SQL standard. The only way to begin a
> transaction under the SQL standard is START TRANSACTION.

These IMHO means push people to not use BEGIN anymore.

Regards
Gaetano Mendola

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