“Amen” statement for committing transactions
Every once in a while a truly inspiring contribution comes to us at MariaDB. Today’s timely contribution was from Sigma, and their inspiring contribution was in pull request 3937 which adds the AMEN statement for committing transactions. The need for harmonizing cultural norms with SQL standards is largely under explored aspect of engineering and here seems to be a good a place to start as any.
As described:
This pull request introduces a new statement, amen, which serves as an alternative to the traditional commit command in MariaDB. The motivation behind this change is to provide a more thematic and culturally resonant way to conclude transactions, reflecting the religious connotation of the name “MariaDB”.
https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/3937
- Problem Addressed: While commit is widely accepted, it lacks a personal touch. The amen command enhances user experience by offering a more engaging way to finalize transactions.
- Output Changes: There is no change to the existing commit syntax.
- Potential Side Effects: There are no obvious side effects.
This contribution was complete with working test cases and followed our template, as we hope for all our contributions.
In addition to the religious cultural aspects, this as also timed with April Fools’ Day. Well done, you got me! Thank you so much, you’ve made my day.
And amen to that.