Re: Problem with domains

Robert Creager <Robert_Creager(at)LogicalChaos(dot)org> writes:
>> Seems like the correct behavior to me. When CONSTRAINT is given, the
>> name is not optional AFAICS.

> True, but the second CREATE DOMAIN, which is a valid form, fails when
> preceded by the invalid form. This was the error I was referring to.
> Not the fact that I didn't know how to use domains ;-) If the
> transaction is bad after the first invalid CREATE DOMAIN, the error
> should say so, rather than waiting for a second valid statement to
> come along, shouldn't it?

Uh, which part of "queries ignored until end of transaction block"
didn't you understand?

> begin;
> create domain test as integer constraint check( value > 0 );
> -- ERROR: syntax error at or near "check" at character 42
> create domain test as integer check( value > 0 );
> -- ERROR: current transaction is aborted, queries ignored until end
> of transaction block

regards, tom lane