This is not very user-friendly:
postgres=# do $$
begin
COMMIT;
end;
$$;
ERROR: SPI_execute_plan_with_paramlist failed executing query "COMMIT":
SPI_ERROR_TRANSACTION
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "inline_code_block" line 2 at SQL statement
Clearly we don't support that, but seems like it would deserve a better
error message.
Curiously, we *do* give a better error message if you try that with EXECUTE:
postgres=# do $$
begin
EXECUTE 'COMMIT';
end;
$$;
ERROR: cannot begin/end transactions in PL/pgSQL
HINT: Use a BEGIN block with an EXCEPTION clause instead.
CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "inline_code_block" line 2 at EXECUTE statement
Barring objections, I'll add the same error message to the non-execute
codepath.
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Heikki Linnakangas
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