Re: turn off auto-commit

Nick Fankhauser wrote:
>
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Yes, autocommit appears in 7.3, due out in a few months.
>
> I'm confused.
>
> Isn't autocommit already there & on by default in psql currently?

He wants to turn autocomit off:

    $ psql
    test=> UPDATE tab SET col = 1;
    test=> UPDATE tab2 SET col = 2;
    test=> COMMIT;

With autocommit off, you basically start in a multi-statement
transaction at the start and every time you commit.

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