On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Craig Ringer <ring...@ringerc.id.au> wrote: > On 08/07/2012 02:27 AM, Robert Haas wrote: >> >> I did not commit the advanced.sgml changes. > > That's arguably the most important point to raise this. The most recent > question came from someone who actually bothered to RTFM and believed based > on the advanced-transactions page that rollback rolls *everything* back. > > Some kind of hint that there are execptions is IMO very important. I'm not > sure what the best form for it to take is.
I'm not sure, either. Maybe we should avoid blanket statements and just say something like: Note: Some operations on sequences are non-transactional and will not be rolled back on transaction abort. See <xref>. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers