On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 03:03:13PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 08:38:11PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On 2020-08-24 18:00, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > - command, a procedure is called explicitly using > > > - the <xref linkend="sql-call"/> statement. > > > + command, a procedure is called in isolation using > > > + the <xref linkend="sql-call"/> command. If the CALL command is not > > > + part of an explicit transaction, a procedure can commit, rollback, > > > + and begin new transactions during its execution, which is not > > > possible > > > + in functions. > > > > There are additional conditions for when a procedure can do transaction > > control, and it also depends on the language. It's not clear how much > > detail we should give in a general section like this. Often people read > > this and then wonder why it doesn't work. > > I have updated the patch to mention it is dependend on the server-side > language.
Patch applied back through PG 11. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EnterpriseDB https://enterprisedb.com The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness, Bruce Lee
