X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB4C39FA4E3 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:36:14 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 78662-06 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:35:56 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C459FA508 for ; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:35:22 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6S1YbZx015027; Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:34:37 -0400 (EDT) To: "Denis Lussier" cc: "Mark Lewis" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Savepoint performance In-reply-to: <5f820f750607271813m454dec68rd0e985deefeaa37e@mail.gmail.com> References: <1154020755.1634.509.camel@archimedes> <20060727193520.GG18774@surnet.cl> <5f820f750607271813m454dec68rd0e985deefeaa37e@mail.gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Denis Lussier" message dated "Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:13:05 -0400" Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:34:37 -0400 Message-ID: <15026.1154050477@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.037 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200607/254 X-Sequence-Number: 20114 "Denis Lussier" writes: > Would the community be potentially interested in this feature if we created > a BSD Postgres patch of this feature for PLpgSQL (likely for 8.3)?? Based on our rather disastrous experiment in 7.3, I'd say that fooling around with transaction start/end semantics on the server side is unlikely to fly ... regards, tom lane