Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Rod Taylor wrote: > >> Can this be done entirely on the client side? > >> > >> Have psql silently wrap every statement going out with a BEGIN and a > >> COMMIT or ROLLBACK depending on whether there was an error or not? > > > Yep, we could do it in the client like we do for autocommit. > > Yeah, after more thought I think we probably want to insist that this be > driven off subtransaction BEGIN/COMMIT commands issued by the client. > Yesterday I suggested allowing a SET variable to change the behavior, > but I now realize that would be as bad a mistake as server-side > autocommit was: changing the installation default for such a variable > would break clients left and right. > > So, whatever "error handling mode" conveniences we wish to put in should > be put in on the client side.
Added to TODO: * Use nested transactions to prevent syntax errors from aborting a transaction -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org