Mark Kirkwood wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > disable it by default for all sessions (current patch) > > enable it by default only for interactive sessions, like AUTOCOMMIT > > These two seem like the best contenders. > > The choice comes down to whether we should: > > 1) Be like most other dbms's (e.g. Oracle, Firebird) + follow the spec. > 2) Minimize psql behavior changes for current postgresql users. > > Personally I favor 1), so would prefer: > > enable it by default only for interactive sessions, like AUTOCOMMIT
We are going for 'off' by default and only interactive. The fact that interactive and non-interactive behavior is different is something that suggests that turning it on by default might cause confusion. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (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
