Jeff Davis escribió: > On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 16:18 -0700, Bill Todd wrote: > > Savepoints do not provide the same functionality as nested or parallel > > transactions because you cannot commit a savepoint. > > What does it mean to "commit" a subtransaction or savepoint? What can > you do with a subtransaction that you can't do with a savepoint?
What Bill wants is an "autonomous" transaction. We don't have those yet (except thru use of dblink or database connections inside a function.) -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
