Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 13:08:54 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Robin Abbi <robin.abbi@downley.net>
Cc: Dave Cramer <davecramer@postgres.rocks>,
	pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Procedures
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On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 12:05:24PM +0100, Robin Abbi wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 at 23:52, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> 
>     I developed the attached patach for this.  Is this sufficient?
> 
> 
> Would it be appropriate to consider including some language with a similar
> information content to this
> 
>     " ... prior to PostgreSQL 11, these functions were unable to manage their
>     own transactions. PostgreSQL 11 adds SQL procedures that can perform full
>     transaction management within the body of a function, enabling developers
>     to create more advanced server-side applications, such as ones involving
>     incremental bulk data loading."
> 
> from here https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1894/ .

No, we would only mention it if there some kind of incompatibility here.
We always have to balance adding text with making the text longer and
harder to read.

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