Re: timeout implementation issues

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> 
> "Hiroshi Inoue" <Inoue@tpf.co.jp> writes:
> > Sorry for my poor explanation. What I meant is that *Rollback*
> > is to

>> cancel the changes made to SQL-data or schemas

This line is a quote from SQL99 not my creation.
> > not to put back the variables which are local to the session.
> 
> Uh, why?  Seems to me you are asserting as a given exactly the
> point that is under debate.  Let me give a counterexample:
> 
>     BEGIN;
>     CREATE TEMP TABLE foo;
>     something-erroneous;
>     END;
> 
> The creation of the temp table will be rolled back on error, no?

??? TEMP TABLE is a SQL-data not a variable.
I don't think rolling back SETs makes things plain.

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue