Re: Savepoints in PgAdmin

Le jeudi 3 septembre 2009 à 14:02:24, Dave Page a écrit :
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Magnus Hagander<magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> > Good question. In general we shouldn't change the default behavior in
> > a backpatch, but I think the use-case for the current behavior is
> > pretty limited.
>
> It's not being back-patched. That code has been there for years, with
> only one complaint that I'm aware of. The complaint is a valid one
> though, which is why I think we should add the option for 1.12.
>

I also think this is 1.12 only.

> > AIUI, nothing at all changes for single-statement queries, right? It
> > would only affect those that explicitly open a transaction. In which
> > case I think it's a reasonable default to behave the same way as psql,
> > which means change the default for pgadmin.
> >
> > Specifically on the patch I don't like an option named "disabled auto
> > rollback". Negations in options suck. It shuold be "Enable auto
> > rollback", and then whatever the default is can be argued. I'd also
> > find it very useful if this was available as a checkbox on the query
> > menu, not just in the options dialog. Thoughts?
>
> Which would do what - override the default for that window only, or
> control the default as well? I prefer the former, but some of the
> other options are stored for all future query windows, so there may be
> some inconsistency there.

I'll change it to "Enable auto rollback", and preserve the old default value.
Having it on a menu in the query tool would be really useful. I don't have
strong feelings on wether it should override the default. Actually, I think it
would be better to overrid it only for this window.

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