Re: *** QUESTION *** After successful 'BEGIN;' command -- why PGSQL_TRANSACTION_ACTIVE and not PGSQL_TRANSACTION_INTRANS?

Steve Petrie, P.Eng. wrote:

> And yes, I am using pg_send_query(...) to execute the BEGIN; command, so as
> to get a result resource returned. (Please see my forthcoming emailed
> response to Adrian Klaver, wherein I provide the PHP source code that Adrian
> requests.)

After successfully calling pg_send_query($cnx, $query),
pg_transaction_status($cnx) will return PGSQL_TRANSACTION_ACTIVE
until the results have been collected by looping over pg_get_result($cnx).

This is for any query, not specifically $query="BEGIN".

Example:

<?php
if (pg_send_query($dbcnx, "BEGIN")) {
do {
$res=pg_get_result($dbcnx);
// error processing here
} while ($res);
echo pg_transaction_status($dbcnx);
?>

This will output 2, which corresponds to PGSQL_TRANSACTION_INTRANS
as expected.

OTOH if commenting the call to pg_get_result($dbcnx), then
it ouputs 1 (PGSQL_TRANSACTION_ACTIVE) as you mentioned.

Best regards,
--
Daniel Vérité
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