> On Feb 20, 2023, at 11:57, Bryn Llewellyn <b...@yugabyte.com> wrote:
> 2. If I send over "begin" and then "insert into s.t(v) values(42)", then (so
> far) a second session will not see the effect of my SQL's. It sees this only
> when I send over "commit". (If I send over "rollback" instead of "commit",
> then other sessions never know what I did.)
This may or may not be true. If the second session currently has a transaction
open in REPEATABLE READ or SERIALIZABLE mode, it *won't* see the effects of
that statement, since it took its snapshot at the start of the transaction (to
be technical, at the first statement in that transaction), and holds it until
commit time. However, a transaction in READ COMMITTED mode *will* see the
results after the statement completes.
> I can't see that a client-side "autocommit off" mode like psql supports
> brings me anything of value.
There's general agreement on that point.
https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/disabling-autocommit-in-postgresql-can-damage-your-health/
