Re: Single-Transaction Utility options

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Single-Transaction Utility options
Date: 2005-12-16 20:53:36
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On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 16:04 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> > The following patches add a -N option to psql and pgrestore.
> >
> > This option adds a BEGIN at the start and a COMMIT at the end of all
> > commands, causing all statements to be executed as a single transaction.
>
> Why use it around the whole file and not only around that particular
> table's operations?

You could. That just behaves slightly differently.

Maybe we should have options for both?

> Also why force it to activate the abort-on-error
> mode?

For what reason would you want it to keep running?

Best Regards, Simon Riggs

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