* Tom Lane ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > At http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-set-role.html, we > > claim that 'SESSION and LOCAL modifiers act the same as for the > > regular SET command', but I don't think that's actually right... > > I cannot duplicate the behavior you show, in either HEAD or 8.2. > Are you *sure* you were inside a transaction block?
Wow. Okay, this is more interesting. It has some interaction with: \set ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK 'on' in my .psqlrc. If I remove that, then it works as expected. My understanding of ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK is that it'll set a savepoint before each command and then will roll back to that savepoint on an error- but it's still all inside of one main transaction. Seems like ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK is rolling back on a non-error in this case.. Strikes me as very bizarre. Try setting ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK to 'on' and doing 'set local role'... This is on 8.2.4. Thanks, Stephen
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