Mark Lewis wrote: > So my question is, how expensive is setting a savepoint in PG? If it's > not too expensive, I'm wondering if it would be feasible to add a config > parameter to psql or other client interfaces (thinking specifically of > jdbc here) to do it automatically. Doing so would make it a little > easier to work with PG in a multi-db environment. It is moderately expensive. It's cheaper than starting/committing a transaction, but certainly much more expensive than not setting a savepoint. In psql you can do what you want using \set ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK on. This is clearly a client-only issue, so the server does not provide any special support for it (just like autocommit mode). -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support
