From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Peter Garner <peter_garner(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-interfaces(at)hub(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [INTERFACES] Some needed features in postgresql |
Date: | 1999-05-01 16:18:04 |
Message-ID: | 1464.925575484@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Garner <peter_garner(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> 1. Does postgres support the minus operator. It does
> not seem that I can query :
> select text_field from table_1
> minus
> select text_field from table_2
The standard-approved spelling is "EXCEPT", and support for it is new in
6.5. It could probably use some more beta testing, so please try it...
> 2. Is there any work being done on the fact that
> transactions are aborted when an error occurs? It
> really lessens the usefulness of the product when,
> after adding 20,000 records, the transaction aborts
> because the 20,001th record is a dup key! :-)
I've griped about that myself in the past, but it's not real
clear how else it ought to work. Maybe you should be using
smaller transactions ;-)
> Please accept my apologies if this should have gone
> to the hackers list.
I'd say the pgsql-sql list would be the best place for this kind of
question. It's off-topic for the interfaces list, for certain.
regards, tom lane
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