On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 05:21, Michael Glaesemann wrote:
> On Tuesday, Jun 10, 2003, at 17:05 Asia/Tokyo, Adrian Tineo wrote:
> > pg_connect($connection);
> > pg_query($connection,"BEGIN;");
> > $insert="INSERT INTO table VALUES (2,7,5);
> > $result=pg_query($connection,$insert);
> > if(!$result){
> > pg_query($connection,"ROLLBACK");
> > //Something went wrong with the insert so we rollback and nothing
> > changes in the db
> > }else{
> > pg_query($connection,"COMMIT");
> > // If everything went all right, then we commit the changes
> > }
> > pg_close($connection);
>
>
> Thanks, Adrian, for the illustration, especially the instance with
> ROLLBACK. I've figured out this sequence now.
>
> What I'm wondering about is what happens when this sequence isn't
> properly followed and the script quits before issuing a ROLLBACK or a
> COMMIT. Obviously it's not a good situation and one to be avoided.
The database, unless explicitly told to commit and the commit is
completely successful will always rollback.
So a disconnect results in a rollback.
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Rod Taylor <rbt@xxxxxx>
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