Thomas Kellerer wrote: > Kevin Grittner wrote on 10.06.2013 15:19: > >It has nothing to do with the way you are using the cursor; your > >problem is that you are causing an error by attempting to COMMIT > >inside a function (which is not allowed). This rolls back the > >subtransaction defined by the BEGIN/EXCEPTION block. You then > >suppress any display of the error with the WHEN OTHERS block. > > I thought you could *never* use commit (or rollback) inside a function? You cannot use transaction commands directly, but EXCEPTION blocks use savepoints internally. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general