SET AUTO TRANSACTION

Started by Michael Meskesalmost 27 years ago2 messages
#1Michael Meskes
meskes@postgresql.org

I'd like to make the automatic transaction starting of ecpg a function
adjustable on a per connection base. My best bet is to add a variable and
allow something like:

exec sql [at connection] set autotrans = 1;

The question now is how do I name this variable? It seems to me that there
is not much in the standard that would limit my choice, is it?

Michael
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#2Thomas Lockhart
lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
In reply to: Michael Meskes (#1)
Re: [HACKERS] SET AUTO TRANSACTION

I'd like to make the automatic transaction starting of ecpg a function
adjustable on a per connection base. My best bet is to add a variable
and allow something like:
exec sql [at connection] set autotrans = 1;
The question now is how do I name this variable? It seems to me that
there is not much in the standard that would limit my choice, is it?

The Ingres syntax is

SET AUTOCOMMIT ON;

which is clearer than setting a variable. We do allow the syntax

SET item TO value;

which is almost as clear:

SET AUTOCOMMIT TO ON;

But I think it would be appropriate to not require quotes around a
string or an integer argument for this important option.

- Tom