On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 03:03:13PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 08:38:11PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > On 2020-08-24 18:00, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > - command, a procedure is called explicitly using
> > > - the <xref linkend="sql-call"/> statement.
> > > + command, a procedure is called in isolation using
> > > + the <xref linkend="sql-call"/> command. If the CALL command is not
> > > + part of an explicit transaction, a procedure can commit, rollback,
> > > + and begin new transactions during its execution, which is not possible
> > > + in functions.
> >
> > There are additional conditions for when a procedure can do transaction
> > control, and it also depends on the language. It's not clear how much
> > detail we should give in a general section like this. Often people read
> > this and then wonder why it doesn't work.
>
> I have updated the patch to mention it is dependend on the server-side
> language.
Patch applied back through PG 11.
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