Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> <para>
>>! The SQL2003 standard specifies that the keyword
>>! <literal>SAVEPOINT</> is mandatory. <productname>PostgreSQL</> and
>>! <productname>Oracle</> allow the <literal>SAVEPOINT</literal>
>>! keyword to be omitted. SQL2003 allows only <literal>WORK</>, not
>
>
> Why are we mentioning Oracle behavior at all?
One of the influences on the SAVEPOINT/ROLLBACK syntax was avoiding
gratuitous incompatibility with Oracle; doesn't it make sense to
document this?
-O