In general, the documentation is not direct. When it is, it often is using database theory language, masters level
databaseengineer language.
Robert Creager wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 08:13:59 -0700
> Dennis Gearon <gearond@cvc.net> said something like:
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>>Postgres itself doesn't support nested transactions.
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> Yea, I just convinced myself of that. The first time I read the docs, that's
> what I thought. Then I convinced myself when I re-read them that it was just a
> warning, and a new transaction was started. But I just tried it, and they're
> not...
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> Thanks for point that out to me. I dare say that the BEGIN documentation is
> unclear to me, even knowing what I know now. Why not just explictly say "Nested
> transactions are not supported", rather than "... The current transaction is
> not affected". Alright, maybe I still read at Junior High level.
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> Cheers,
> Rob
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