X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (momjian.navpoint.com [207.106.42.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1909F47633C for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:13:31 -0500 (EST) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.10.1) id h2KGDGJ06549; Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:13:16 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200303201613.h2KGDGJ06549@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] Roadmap for FE/BE protocol redesign In-Reply-To: To: Peter Eisentraut Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 11:13:16 -0500 (EST) Cc: Alvaro Herrera , Tom Lane , PostgreSQL Development X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL99 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Archive-Number: 200303/860 X-Sequence-Number: 37106 Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > > True, but GUC seems like the way to go, and we have per-user/db settings > > for GUC. > > But the required autocommit setting depends neither on the user nor the > database, it depends on the identity of the client application. That type > of granularity is not offered by GUC. True, but the standard also requires autocommit off, so I can imagine folks wanting it off by default for various users/database. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073