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1. are subtransactions not nestable?

   Christof Petig <christof.petig@wtal.de> — 1999-10-01T06:24:22Z

   Hello,
   
   is it correct that a nesting of subtransactions is not possible with
   postgres at the moment?
   (I didn't find a TODO entry for this (even at 'exotic' features))
   
   christof=> begin;
   BEGIN
   christof=> begin;
   NOTICE:  BeginTransactionBlock and not in default state
   BEGIN
   christof=> commit;
   END
   christof=> commit;
   NOTICE:  EndTransactionBlock and not inprogress/abort state
   END
   
   Regards
      Christof
   
   
   
   

2. Re: [HACKERS] are subtransactions not nestable?

   Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu> — 1999-10-01T15:03:44Z

   > is it correct that a nesting of subtransactions is not possible with
   > postgres at the moment?
   > (I didn't find a TODO entry for this (even at 'exotic' features))
   
   There has been some discussion of this. The fact that it is disallowed
   by SQL92 is *not* the reason we don't have the feature, but it may be
   responsible for it not yet being done...
   
                      - Thomas
   
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   Thomas Lockhart				lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
   South Pasadena, California
   
   

3. Re: [HACKERS] are subtransactions not nestable?

   Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> — 1999-10-01T15:45:40Z

   > Hello,
   > 
   > is it correct that a nesting of subtransactions is not possible with
   > postgres at the moment?
   > (I didn't find a TODO entry for this (even at 'exotic' features))
   
   We don't support it, but will add to TODO now.
   
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