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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PL/PGSQL
functions are already inside a transaction when you execute them, therefore you
cannot explicitly define your own transaction (BEGIN/COMMIT) block inside a
function.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/plpgsql-structure.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/plpgsql-structure.html</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Josh<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net
[mailto:postgis-users-bounces@postgis.refractions.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Henri
De Feraudy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 30 September 2010 4:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> postgis-users@postgis.refractions.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [postgis-users] [GENERAL] Basic question on PGSQL
andTransactions<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>I just tried putting
commit work inside a PL/PGSQL function insert_my_data() and then tried <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>calling this
function. I got a runtime error.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Alban Hertroys
<dalroi@solfertje.student.utwente.nl><br>
<b>To:</b> Henri De Feraudy <feraudyh@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> pgsql-general@postgresql.org<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wed, September 29, 2010 7:04:52 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [GENERAL] Basic question on PGSQL and Transactions<br>
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On 29 Sep 2010, at 18:31, Henri De Feraudy wrote:<br>
<br>
> I mean, if you are inserting into a table from PLPGSQL do you have to do
an <br>
> explicit commit at some stage?<br>
<br>
I suppose you meant psql here, as otherwise the above statement wouldn't make
sense ;)<br>
<br>
Alban Hertroys<br>
<br>
--<br>
Screwing up is an excellent way to attach something to the ceiling.<br>
<br>
<br>
!DSPAM:1175,4ca371bc678302094595771!<br>
<br>
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