Re: TRANSACTION FOR AN UPDATE COMMAND WITH ONE TABLE

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:23 PM, JORGE MALDONADO  wrote:
> I have an UPDATE command which modifies several records of one (only one)
> table.
> Is it feasible (or a good idea) to include it in a transaction block to make
> sure the process is performed with integrity?

PostgreSQL runs everything that is not inside a transaction block
inside it's own implicit transaction (one implicit transaction per
statement).
so

begin;
update ....
commit;

it's the same as:

update ....

and

update table1 ...
update table2 ...

it's the same as:

begin;
update table1 ...
commit;

begin;
update table2 ...
commit;

-- 
Atentamente,
Jaime Casanova
Soporte y capacitación de PostgreSQL
Asesoría y desarrollo de sistemas
Guayaquil - Ecuador
Cel. +59387171157