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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Flaris Feller <flaris.feller@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Transaction control in a C language function
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Flaris Feller <flaris.feller@gmail.com> writes:
> I would like to implement transaction control in a function implemented in
> C language.

That will certainly not work unless you make it a procedure.
It'd be a good idea also to check that the CALL came from a
non-atomic context.

			regards, tom lane