Re: Vote on SET in aborted transaction

Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>

From: Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-04-23T16:59:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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    SET should follow transaction semantics and rollback.


Jan

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> OK, would people please vote on how to handle SET in an aborted
> transaction?  This vote will allow us to resolve the issue and move
> forward if needed.
> 
> In the case of:
> 
> 	SET x=1;
> 	BEGIN;
> 	SET x=2;
> 	query_that_aborts_transaction;
> 	SET x=3;
> 	COMMIT;
> 
> at the end, should 'x' equal:
> 	
> 	1 - All SETs are rolled back in aborted transaction
> 	2 - SETs are ignored after transaction abort
> 	3 - All SETs are honored in aborted transaction
> 	? - Have SETs vary in behavior depending on variable
> 
> Our current behavior is 2.
> 
> Please vote and I will tally the results.
> 
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