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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml index 1ee645c7711..8f7eae33c5f 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml,v 1.10 2000/01/29 16:58:27 petere Exp $ +$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml,v 1.11 2000/03/27 17:14:42 thomas Exp $ Postgres documentation --> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ NOTICE: BEGIN: already a transaction in progress </title> <para> - By default, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> executes transactions + By default, <productname>Postgres</productname> executes transactions in <firstterm>unchained mode</firstterm> (also known as <quote>autocommit</quote> in other database systems). @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ NOTICE: BEGIN: already a transaction in progress <para> The default transaction isolation level in - <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> + <productname>Postgres</productname> is READ COMMITTED, where queries inside the transaction see only changes committed before query execution. So, you have to use <command>SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE</command> @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ NOTICE: BEGIN: already a transaction in progress </para> <para> - If the transaction is committed, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> + If the transaction is committed, <productname>Postgres</productname> will ensure either that all updates are done or else that none of them are done. Transactions have the standard <acronym>ACID</acronym> (atomic, consistent, isolatable, and durable) property. @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ BEGIN WORK; <para> <command>BEGIN</command> - is a <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> language extension. + is a <productname>Postgres</productname> language extension. There is no explicit <command>BEGIN</command> command in <acronym>SQL92</acronym>; transaction initiation is always implicit and it terminates either |