Do blocks support transaction control?
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-do.html
Description:
Apparently now DO blocks support COMMIT; - which make them more like
procedures than functions.
Tried it with:
create table z (a int4, b int4);
insert into z (a,b) select i, i from generate_Series(1,10) i;
do $$
declare
begin
update z set b = 2;
commit;
perform pg_sleep(120);
end;
$$ language plpgsql;
And while it was running, in another psql sessions, I:
1. could see b= 2
2. could update any of the rows in z.
Is it documented anywhere? DO docs say that do is like function, which it
doesn't seem to be?
On Fri, 2022-09-23 at 13:33 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-do.html
Description:Apparently now DO blocks support COMMIT; - which make them more like
procedures than functions.Tried it with:
create table z (a int4, b int4);
insert into z (a,b) select i, i from generate_Series(1,10) i;
do $$
declare
begin
update z set b = 2;
commit;
perform pg_sleep(120);
end;
$$ language plpgsql;And while it was running, in another psql sessions, I:
1. could see b= 2
2. could update any of the rows in z.Is it documented anywhere? DO docs say that do is like function, which it
doesn't seem to be?
The documentation says:
If DO is executed in a transaction block, then the procedure code cannot execute
transaction control statements. Transaction control statements are only allowed
if DO is executed in its own transaction.
That sentence would not make sense if COMMIT were not allowed in a DO statement.
So it is not spelled out, but implicitly clear.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 05:14:42PM +0200, Laurenz Albe wrote:
On Fri, 2022-09-23 at 13:33 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-do.html
Description:Apparently now DO blocks support COMMIT; - which make them more like
procedures than functions.Tried it with:
create table z (a int4, b int4);
insert into z (a,b) select i, i from generate_Series(1,10) i;
do $$
declare
begin
update z set b = 2;
commit;
perform pg_sleep(120);
end;
$$ language plpgsql;And while it was running, in another psql sessions, I:
1. could see b= 2
2. could update any of the rows in z.Is it documented anywhere? DO docs say that do is like function, which it
doesn't seem to be?The documentation says:
If DO is executed in a transaction block, then the procedure code cannot execute
transaction control statements. Transaction control statements are only allowed
if DO is executed in its own transaction.That sentence would not make sense if COMMIT were not allowed in a DO statement.
So it is not spelled out, but implicitly clear.
Sorry, missed that, focused too much on the earlier part. Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
depesz