Re: Does psql use nested transactions?

At 07:10 AM 18/08/2004, Tom Lane wrote:
>I have not had an opportunity to benchmark it but I fear a savepoint may
>cost near as much as a full xact in practice.

Out of curiosity, does this mean that using a savepoint per statement will 
be no worse than using psql in autocommit mode?




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