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Re: Problem using start transaction in nested transactions.

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"Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> You can't do subtransactions in PostgreSQL, but you can use savepoints:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/sql-savepoint.html.
>
> Previously, you couldn't do any transactional stuff from inside
> functions. I'm not sure if you can do savepoint-related stuff from
> inside functions in 8.0 or not.

Yes, you certainly can; PL/pgSQL uses savepoints to do its exception
handling. 

-Doug

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