On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 16:14 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Simon Riggs wrote: > > I notice that we allow commands such as > > > > SET TRANSACTION read only read write read only; > > > > BEGIN TRANSACTION read only read only read only; > > > > Unsurprisingly, these violate the SQL Standard: > > * p.977 section 19.1 syntax (1) > > * p.957 section 17.3 syntax (2) > > Well, we allow a lot of things. Violations of the SQL standard happen > when a command that appears in the standard doesn't do what the standard > says. Allowing commands that are not in the standard is not a violation.
Except when the standard explicitly forbids it, as with the above. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
