Terry Hampton <thampton@limacorp.com> writes:
> Is it possible to configure Postgres,
> or to start PG daemons so that it
> operates in a transaction mode by default ?
>
> We do a lot of work at the PG prompt, and I'd
> like to have one additional "safety net" - to manual
> commit all SQL's. Sure - I can "begin work" etc.
> but I'd like that to be automatic.
If you are working with psql type set autocommit to false if using
version 7.3 or \unset AUTOCOMMIT for version 7.4. You can put those
commands in your .psqlrc file and psql will read it each time it's
invoked. See psql(1) for details.
Regards,
Manuel.