>>>>> "Martijn" == Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martijn> Well, what I would suggest is that when you wrap several Martijn> statements into a single transaction with begin/commit, Martijn> the whole lot could be considered a single statement Martijn> (since they form an atomic transaction so in a sense they Martijn> are all executed simultaneously). And hence Postgresql is Martijn> perfectly compliant. FWIW, and not that I am an Oracle fan :-), Oracle seems to interpret this the same way when using a "select sysdate from dual" inside a transaction. roland -- PGP Key ID: 66 BC 3B CD Roland B. Roberts, PhD RL Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] 76-15 113th Street, Apt 3B [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forest Hills, NY 11375 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster