Re: [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign

Tom Lane writes:

> * Backend's ReadyForQuery message (Z message) should carry an indication
> of current transaction status (idle/in transaction/in aborted transaction)
> so that frontend need not guess at state.  Perhaps also indicate
> autocommit status.

If we do this, could we get rid of the messy autocommit GUC option and
handle autocommit in the client?  Before sending a command, the client
could check the transaction status and automatically choose to start a new
transaction.  That way we could get rid of the current mess that every
client needs to send a SET autocommit command before it can safely do
anything.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net