Oliver Fürst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a question regarding rules on views. Are the commands inside a
> ON INSERT (or UPDATE) DO INSTEAD (implicit) transactions for postgres?
> I tried to put BEGIN; and COMMIT; around the commands in a ON ... DO
> INSTEAD ( ) block, but keep getting a syntax error.
Everything that happens in Postgres is inside either an implicit or
explicit transaction, so you can't do BEGIN/COMMIT inside rules or
functions.
You might be able to use savepoints, depending on what you're actually
trying to do.
-Doug
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