On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Edson Richter <edsonrich...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> There is also the case of dynamically generated sql statements based on user 
> selection... being syntax or not, I would never want half job done. Thia is 
> the purpose of transactions: or all or nothing...

This this this, and again, this.  Imagine:

begin;
insert into tableb selcet * from tableb;
truncate tableb;
commit;

What should happen when we get to the error on the second line?  Keep
going?  Boom, data gone because of a syntax error.

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