Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2020 11:00:56 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Robin Abbi <robin.abbi@downley.net>,
	Dave Cramer <davecramer@postgres.rocks>,
	Pg Docs <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Procedures
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On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 01:21:43PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 10:14 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> 
>     On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 07:42:35PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> 
>     > [...] the CALL command.  If the CALL command is not part of an explicit
>     > transaction a procedure can also manage multiple transactions during its
>     > execution.
> 
>     OK, how is this updated patch?
> 
> 
> Looks good.  I felt "begin and commit" was a bit wordy but it works.

So, I was worried that "manage multiple transactions" could imply
something like savepoints, which can be managed by functions.  It is
really the top-level begin/commit that is unique for procedures.

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