Re: [bug fix] Savepoint-related statements terminates connection

From: Michael Paquier [mailto:michael.paquier@gmail.com]
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Ashutosh Bapat
> <ashutosh.bapat@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> > Then the question is why not to allow savepoints as well? For that we
> > have to fix transaction block state machine.
> 
> I agree with this argument. I have been looking at the patch, and what it
> does is definitely incorrect. Any query string including multiple queries
> sent to the server is executed as a single transaction. So, while the current
> behavior of the server is definitely incorrect for savepoints in this case,
> the proposed patch does not fix anything but actually makes things worse.
> I think that instead of failing, savepoints should be able to work properly.
> As you say cursors are handled correctly, savepoints should fall under the
> same rules.

Yes, I'm in favor of your opinion.  I'll put more thought into whether it's feasible with invasive code.

Regards
Takayuki Tsunakawa