Re: Basic question on PGSQL and Transactions

On 9/29/2010 11:31 AM, Henri De Feraudy wrote:
> Hello,
> I've been writing an application that allows me to edit simple maps. It
> involves Postgis but here I think I have run into
> a basic Postgres consideration.
> I did a bit of editing of a map which involved creating a polygon with a
> selection, inserting into a database and reloading
> the "layer" where this geometric information lies.
> There I was editing quite happily for about an hour and a half. I left
> my application and came back to it in the evening:
> all my work was lost.
> Could this be due to the fact I had not committed my insertions to the
> database?
> I mean, if you are inserting into a table from PLPGSQL do you have to do
> an explicit commit at some stage?
> I'm really quite a newbie as you can see.
>

Yes, you really must commit.

Now, sometimes, some languages/tools will "help" you and autocommit.  It
depends on what language/tools/etc you are using.

This is a wookie!  If that does not make sense, you must commit!
-south park, slightly paraphrased

-Andy