Re: Question about VACUUM behavior with sub-transactions in stored procedures

On Monday, October 21, 2024, Кириллов Вячеслав <vkirillov(at)diasoft(dot)ru> wrote:

> I have a question regarding the behavior of the auto VACUUM in PostgreSQL
> in the context of using stored procedures with sub-transactions.
>
>
This is a general usage inquiry not suited to discussion on -hackers. We
have a -general mailing list to discuss how to use the product. This list
is for discussing patches.

> Here is the scenario: we have several stored procedures that modify or
> update table data. These procedures use sub-transactions, which are
> committed via COMMIT.
>
>
This isn’t how sub-transactions work. They are created mainly by save
points and are not independently committed (by the user in SQL). What you
are using are full transactions.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/plpgsql-transactions.html

David J.