Tom Lane wrote: > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom Lane writes: > > As an alternative syntax I can suggest > >> > > SET name TO value [ ON COMMIT RESET ]; > >> > >> Ugh. Why can't we stick with SET LOCAL? > > > SET LOCAL is already used for something else in the SQL standard. Not > > sure if we'll ever implement that, but it's something to be concerned > > about. > > Actually, it looks to me like the spec's SET LOCAL has a compatible > interpretation: it only affects the current transaction. > > My main gripe with "ON COMMIT RESET" is that it's a misleading > description of what will happen --- RESETting a variable is quite > different from allowing it to revert to the pre-transaction state.
I don't like stuff trailing off at the end, especially three words. That SET command is getting so big, it may fall over. ;-) -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
