RE: 7.1 beta 3 Linux ODBC BEGIN Behaviour

> I found another slight behavior change with the Linux
> client ODBC library between 7.0.3 and the 7.1 beta 3
> release.  We are running under Redhat 6.0.
>
> We have set the ODBC driver in autocommit off mode.  With
> the 7.0.3 driver, a BEGIN was automatically issued
> before the driver encountered a INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE.  With
> the 7.1 beta 3 ODBC driver, it now also issues a BEGIN when it
> encounters a SELECT.
>
> Is this the expected behavior under 7.1?

I think it can be. (We assumed this behavior a year ago.) Sometimes we
need transaction time in the beginning of a transaction. We can get it with
a
SELECT. Because the transaction can begin only with an update statement,
we must do a workaround - until now.

> I actually found the problem because our code does a number
> of queries against the database, and then issues a
> VACUUM ANALYZE.  This stopped working with the 7.1 beta 3.

What the SQL specs say? Could this behavior an option in the driver?

Regards, Tibor

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Tibor Laszlo
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