Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > 7. As I read in Sybase documentation the default
> > > standard transaction mode is _chained_ - all
> > > queries before explicit COMMIT/ABORT are run in _single
> > > transaction_... But we have to use BEGIN/END to get it!
> > > This was not so bad for system with relation level locks,
> > > but now only the same row writes block one other and so
> > > chained mode seems more appropriate...
> > >
> > > Shouldn't we change default transaction mode now?
> > > And use option/SET TRANSACTION MODE to switch to
> > > un-chained mode if one like it?
> >
> > No comments on this?
> > I would like to make BEGIN implicit...
> > Objections?
>
> Informix requires BEGIN. Ingres does not, but has 'set autocommit'
> mode, so each SQL statement is its own transaction, like we have now.
>
> I always felt that if I go in to psql and run a query, I want it
> applied. I don't want to have to commit every query I type.
>
> I know I can use SET TRANSACTION MODE to change this.
>
> What do others think?
As long as we can switch. Interactive applications typically update more
than one objects per transaction.
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Regards
Theo