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From: "paul rivers" <rivers.paul@gmail.com>
To: "'pgsql general'" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Notes on converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:40:03 -0700
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Out of curiosity, which "big, expensive enterprise database" are you spoiled
by?  Many that I support do not allow DDL within an transaction, or if they
allow it, there are many caveats and rules.  


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From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Ron Johnson
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 8:22 AM
To: pgsql general
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Notes on converting from MySQL 5.0.x to PostgreSQL

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Scott Marlowe wrote:
[snip]
> However, the more interesting thing here, is that every
> statement, including DDL is transactable, except for a couple of
> big odd ones, like create database. So, in postgresql, you can do:
> 
> begin;
> create table xyz...
> alter table abc...
> insert into abc select * from iii
> update iii...;
> drop table iii;
> (oops, I messed up something)
> rollback;

But isn't that what it means to be "transactional"?  Or am I spoiled
 by my "big, expensive enterprise database"?

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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