Re: Vote on SET in aborted transaction

Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>

From: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com>
To: Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-04-24T18:20:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Michael Loftis wrote:

> Vote number 1 -- ROLL BACK

I agree..  Number 1 - ROLL BACK

>
> 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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Vince.
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