Re: --single-transaction doc clarification

On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 17:32 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > Clarification of when it's not appropriate to use this option.
>
> I think it's a fairly bad idea to try to enumerate the commands that
> can't be used in a transaction block here, because there is no way
> that we will remember to keep such a list up-to-date.  Why not just
> say "It won't work for commands that can't be used in a transaction
> block"?

I agree, but such a comment immediately begs the question: What is the
list of commands this applies to? I was surprised how long a list it was
myself, hence the patch.

(Checks)...The man pages for VACUUM, CREATE TABLESPACE, CLUSTER and
REINDEX DATABASE don't mention they are not allowed inside a transaction
block at all, so I'm not sure if doing it the other way around helps
with maintaining docs...

I prefer useful info rather than hidden gotchas, even if the list might
possibly be < 100% exactly correct. At least we can say we tried.

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