Simon,
Thanks for your reply. Just for clairfication in the eval{} do I need to do
a sth->prepare($statement) then an sth->execute() for each statement in the
eval?
Can you give me an example of two statements?
Thanks,
Kevin
>From: Simon Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Transaction in PostgreSQL
>Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 09:37:06 +0100
>
>Set AutoCommit to 0 to enable transaction, something like:
>
>From the DBI man pages:
>
>$dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0; # enable transactions, if possible
> $dbh->{RaiseError} = 1;
> eval {
> foo(...) # do lots of work here
> bar(...) # including inserts
> baz(...) # and updates
> $dbh->commit; # commit the changes if we get this far
> };
> if ($@) {
> warn "Transaction aborted because $@";
> $dbh->rollback; # undo the incomplete changes
> # add other application on-error-clean-up code here
> }
>
>
>K Old wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I was wondering if someone could show me the syntax for doing a
>>transaction in Perl via the DBI. When I try to just send the
>>appropriate SQL, the compiler says to use the DBI to process
>>transactions. I can't find the appropriate functions to use.
>>
>>Any help is appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Kevin
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