Mike Benoit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 18:38 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> If we change the syntax, say by using SUBCOMMIT/SUBABORT for >> subtransactions, then using a simple ABORT would abort the whole >> transaction tree.
> But then we're back to the application having to know if its in a > regular transaction or a sub-transaction aren't we? To me that sounds > just as bad. Someone (I forget who at this late hour) gave several cogent arguments that that's *exactly* what we want. Please see the prior discussion... Right at the moment I think we have a consensus that we should use SUBBEGIN/SUBEND or some such keywords for subtransactions. (I do not say we've agreed to exactly those keywords, only that it's a good idea to make them different from the outer-level BEGIN/END keywords.) There was also some talk of offering commands based around the notion of savepoints, but I'm not sure that we have a consensus on that yet. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])