Re: Parser abort ignoring following commands

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
>> Sure, because the transaction is rolled back.  The whole string
>> is executed in one transaction.  You will definitely break existing
>> applications if you change that.

> Applications that rely on this behaviour are broken.  It was always said
> that statements are in their own transaction block unless in an explicit
> BEGIN/COMMIT block.  A statement is defined to end at the semicolon, not
> at the end of the string you submit to PQexec().

Au contraire: single query strings have always been executed as single
transactions.  Whether that would be the most consistent behavior in a
green field is quite irrelevant.  We *cannot* change it now, or we will
break existing applications --- silently.

If you can find something in the documentation that states what you
claim is the definition, I'll gladly change it ;-).
        regards, tom lane