> This code doesn't work. I use Begin Work to start a transaction but BEGIN is
> a PL/pgSQL command so I have a parse error when executing it.
>
> CREATE FUNCTION a () RETURNS int4 AS '
> BEGIN
> BEGIN WORK;
> COMMIT WORK;
> return 1;
> END;
> ' LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> What's wrong ????
Is it possible to use transactions in PL/pgSQL functions? AFAIK these functions
always(?) in a transaction (eg as triggers or as stored pprocs) and PostgreSQL
doesn't support nested transactions.
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Tibor Laszlo
ltibor@mail.tiszanet.hu