mahendrakar s <mahendrakarforpg@gmail.com> writes:
> When I try to run a transaction block (similar) to below through SPI_execute:
> BEGIN; set transaction read write; ....; COMMIT
> I get an error: SPI_ERROR_TRANSACTION.
> I see that SPI interface does not support transaction manipulation commands.
Yup; you can't execute begin/commit that way.
> Transaction management support only SPI_commit/SPI_rollback.
> I'm more interested in setting `set transaction read write;` through
> SPI interface.
You could look at how plpgsql handles it. I think though that as
long as you do BEGIN and COMMIT in the approved way, you can feed
the SET through SPI_execute or one of its siblings.
regards, tom lane
