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diff --git a/doc/man/begin.l b/doc/man/begin.l new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f7340c549ac --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/begin.l @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +.\" This is -*-nroff-*- +.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... +.\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/man/Attic/begin.l,v 1.1.1.1 1996/08/18 22:14:20 scrappy Exp $ +.TH BEGIN SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95 +.SH NAME +begin \(em begins a transaction +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +\fBbegin\fP \fB[transaction|work]\fR +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +This command begins a user transaction which Postgres will guarantee is +serializable with respect to all concurrently executing transactions. +Postgres uses two-phase locking to perform this task. If the transaction +is committed, Postgres will ensure that all updates are done or none of +them are done. Transactions have the standard ACID (atomic, +consistent, isolatable, and durable) property. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +abort(l), +end(l). |