Re: Oracle vs PG

[James Keener]

>I have hardly used savepoints in any application, but if I understand
>it correctly, isn't it something which is typically used
>in a persistent connection.  I wonder how it is applicable in a web
>based stateless application like Amazon.com, unless
>even web based application have database level state.

Doesn't need to be a long running connection, you can trap exceptions, roll 
back, and do something else all in the SQL code or a function from a single 
call.


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