Re: Using auto-commit OFF for transactions - instead of

Harry,

You should use the driver's set autocommit(false) instead, as then the
driver will know the state of the connection.

BTW, I'm sure oracle has a similiar "begin" statement.

Dave
On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 06:40, Harry Mantheakis wrote:
> Hello
>
> I ported a relatively simple application using Oracle 8i with a JDBC client
> to PostgreSQL 7.4 with the same JDBC client, and everything just worked!
>
> One thing that did come to light was that PG offers a proprietary 'BEGIN'
> statement as a means of controlling transactions.
>
> With Oracle, I was used to setting auto-commit to false at the start of a
> transaction, and then calling commit or rollback at the end.
>
> Is it safe for me to continue setting auto-commit to false for transactions,
> and are there any compelling reasons - significant performance gains,
> perhaps - why I might want to consider adopting PG's 'BEGIN' statement
> instead?
>
> Many thanks in anticipation.
>
> Harry Mantheakis
> London, UK
>
>
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