Re: [HACKERS] A bad behavior under autocommit off mode

[Hiroshi Inoue]

Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> Hiroshi Inoue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Anyway should 'set autocommit to off;commit' cause
> > a warning or an error in the first place ?
> 
> IIRC, the SET does *not* start a transaction,

Yes but doesn't autocommit-off mode mean that
it implicitly begins a transaction in suitable
places ? For example, 'set autocommit to off;
declare .. cursor ..' works though it never
work without BEGIN under autocommit-on mode.

> so the COMMIT should raise
> a warning.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue
        http://www.geocities.jp/inocchichichi/psqlodbc/

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