Ben <bench@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Er, right.... I guess I should have asked if it's more likely to commit a > running transaction than a prepared one.... and it sounds like the answer > is "no". :) Less likely, because PREPARE TRANSACTION executes all the COMMIT-time actions that can cause "expected" failures --- checking deferred constraints for example. If you get past that, it's not supposed to fail. regards, tom lane