Chris Angelico <rosuav@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > As a side point: Is it possible to disable Postgres's default > autocommit behavior and have it automatically open a transaction on > connection and after commit/rollback? That's what I grew up on with > DB2 - you do some work, then you commit, then you do more work, then > you commit, but never have to say "and begin a transaction too". In psql, see "\set AUTOCOMMIT off". In other frontends, it would depend on the client-side code whether or how you can do that. (We once made an attempt to provide this sort of behavioral option on the server side; but it was a complete disaster from the client compatibility standpoint, and was soon, um, rolled back.) regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
