On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 11:41 PM, Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When programming other languages, I never do > if (x != 0) { x = 0; } but just set x = 0 straight away. Most other languages are not transactional and durable. Databases are different. Cheers, Jeff -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general