-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > While I don't have any particular objections, doesn't > Pg (and most other DBMSs supporting savepoints) have > SQL syntax to implement them ? If so, isn't just > > $dbh->do(<savepoint-sql>) > > sufficient ? Sure, but they also have syntax to implement BEGIN and ROLLBACK. I see the savepoints as an extension of the same sort of transaction processing the DBI dos there. Certainly, drivers are welcome to implementit any way they want (including allowing savepoints via "do") but the advantages include being able to track the savepoints closely, even allowing things like returning an array of the current savepoints to the application. It also abstracts the savepoint manipulation away from knowing the exact SQL for your particular DBMS, one of the goals of DBI after all. :)
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