Re: Chapter 43.8. "Transaction Management" fails to state twocritical restrictions

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 04:11:47AM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
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> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/plpgsql-transactions.html
> Description:
> 
> This chapter fails to state:
> 
> (1) If a PL/pgSQL procedure issues "commit" then it must be called with
> AUTOCOMMIT set to On. This is counter-intuitive. You'd expect the
> opposite.

You mean psql autocommit mode?

> (2) If a PL/pgSQL procedure has a block statement with an exception section
> (this might be the procedure's defining block, or an inner block) then that
> block's executabe section must not issue "commit". Doing so causes a
> run-time error.

Uh, that's a good point since you are in a subtransaction at that point.
What error do you get?

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