Re: \prompt for psql

On 2/9/07, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> Gurjeet Singh wrote:
> > On 2/9/07, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >At least it'd help those poor people trying to do conditional COMMIT or
> > >ROLLBACK based on the transaction status.
> >
> >
> > The user doesn't need to check the status of the transaction if he just
> > needs to end it. Just fire the END command and it'll take care of whether to
> > COMMIT or ROLLBACK the transaction:
>
> Hmm, right.  Maybe I was thinking in savepoints, which Merlin Moncure is
> so fond of complaining of ;-)

I'm still looking for a use for them. When I find one, I'll give you a
heads up.

(just so you know, with savepoints came exception blocks, one of my
all time favorite features).  anyways, instead of complaining,
consider it more of 'hopeful nudging' :-)

merlin