Re: [HACKERS] BEGIN vs START TRANSACTION

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> I object to adding unnecessary complications like that.

> Shouldn't BEGIN and START TRANSACTION have the same mechanics?  The
> changes to the code were the addition of only one line.  The rest of the
> patch was docs.

My initial reaction was the same as Peter's, but after seeing the small
size of the patch I reconsidered.  It seems to make sense that BEGIN
should be an exact synonym for START TRANSACTION.

            regards, tom lane