| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Will Leinweber <will(at)heroku(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: feature request: auto savepoint for interactive psql when in transaction. |
| Date: | 2011-09-28 17:43:09 |
| Message-ID: | 1317231743-sup-8715@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Excerpts from Will Leinweber's message of mar sep 27 20:57:52 -0300 2011:
> I ruined a 5 hour UPDATE by typoing a table name on a SELECT to verify
> the update worked. I suppose I have no one else to blame, but it was
> really frustrating, to say the least. I assume this has happened to
> others as well.
>
> I only later found out about SAVEPOINT, which I immediately ran the
> next time I attempted the huge update.
>
> psql console, while in a transaction, and while in interactive mode,
> should savepoint for me.
See ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/app-psql.html
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Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
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