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Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 06:55:01 -0700
From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: Andrei Bintintan <klodoma@ar-sd.net>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: A transaction in transaction? Possible?
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On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 10:47:06AM +0200, Andrei Bintintan wrote:

> Is it possible to have another transatction in a transaction???

PostgreSQL 8.0 (currently in beta) has savepoints, so you'll be
able to do this:

BEGIN;
UPDATE orders SET technikernotiz='51' WHERE id=16143;
SAVEPOINT foo;
UPDATE orders SET reklamationsdetail='51' WHERE id=16143;
ROLLBACK TO foo;

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Michael Fuhr
http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/