Re: Who adds the "start transaction" and "commit" to the intended SQL statement in "autocommit" mode?

Hi,

On Sat, Feb 18, 2023 at 03:49:26PM -0800, Bryn Llewellyn wrote:
>
> But it's not clear who actually implements the opening "start transaction"
> and the closing "commit" around every submitted SQL statement when autocommit
> is "on".
>
> Is this done in client-side code (maybe implying three round trips per
> intended SQL statement)? Or is it done server-side?

It's always done on the client side, postgres itself doesn't know about this
feature.