> In fact, some could argue that the default behavior of PostgreSQL
> should be changed (or at least have an option) to behave like
> Oracle, where a transaction is implicitly begun at the first
> encounter of an INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE - or in PostgreSQL's case, the
> first submitted statement. That would make PostgreSQL behave much
> better out-of-the-box in comparison to mySQL, and would satiate the
> desires of those Oracle folks transitioning to PostgreSQL that do a:
>
> DELETE FROM foo;
> -- Nuts!
> ROLLBACK;
>
> and expect their DELETE to be undone.
TODO has:
* Allow autocommit so always in a transaction block
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