Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gsMOh-0004uu-Qg for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 06:45:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gsMOe-0007mV-IL for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 06:45:52 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gsMOe-0007lw-9D for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 06:45:52 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gsMOV-000649-DH for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 06:45:49 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x196jcTL014566; Sat, 9 Feb 2019 01:45:38 -0500 From: Tom Lane To: Jae Adams cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: AutoCommit statements do no work with postgresql 11. In-reply-to: References: <154965299880.1299.142774066748045240@wrigleys.postgresql.org> <1355.1549678105@sss.pgh.pa.us> Comments: In-reply-to Jae Adams message dated "Fri, 08 Feb 2019 23:28:07 -0700" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <14564.1549694738.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 01:45:38 -0500 Message-ID: <14565.1549694738@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Jae Adams writes: > The document that I'm looking at this here. I apologize for not sending > the link. I had thought that the URL would be included automatically > through the link on the documentation website. > -- https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/ecpg-sql-set-autocommit.html (shows > the command syntax) That is talking about an ecpg ("embedded SQL") command, which like the psql case is a facility provided by client-side code. There is no autocommit-off feature on the server side, and you are not using any client library that would offer one. (It's a bit unfortunate that ecpg's command looks exactly like a server command, but there you have it.) regards, tom lane