The issue I have is that every interface that relies on libpq is going
to have to code it itself.  Is that OK?

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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Is there a reason autocommit is implemented in psql and not in libpq via
> > a C function call?
> 
> One reason is that PQexec accepts multiple-query strings (possibly with
> embedded BEGIN/END), so it's not immediately obvious what the semantics
> ought to be.  We could probably work out some reasonable definition if
> we wanted to put effort into it, but seeing that libpq clients aren't
> historically expecting any autocommit support, I didn't find it a high
> priority task for 7.4.
> 
> At this point it's definitely too late for 7.4, anyway.  Put it on the
> TODO list if you feel strongly about it.
> 
>                       regards, tom lane
> 

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