Re: psycopg3 transactions

From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Daniele Varrazzo <daniele(dot)varrazzo(at)gmail(dot)com>, Paolo De Stefani <paolo(at)paolodestefani(dot)it>, Psycopg <psycopg(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psycopg3 transactions
Date: 2021-10-16 22:58:48
Message-ID: YWtZKL1nVM/KV5S7@hermes.hilbert.loc
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Am Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 12:48:40AM +0200 schrieb Karsten Hilbert:

> > https://www.psycopg.org/psycopg3/docs/basic/transactions.html
>
> I am sorry to say this but this concept:
>
> This way we don’t have to remember to call neither
> close() nor commit() and the database operation have
> actually a persistent effect.
>
> seems fundamentally flawed to me in terms of databases.
> Actually changing the content of a database should be a
> conscious decision by program(mer) logic.

I could, perhaps, agree with the *transaction* context
manager being default-commit because:

- after the context block the transaction has gone away

- hence what happens inside either failed (auto-rollback)

- or is to be committed

Not so for the *connection* context manager.

Best,
Karsten
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