Re: Error abort transaction behaviour

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Thomas Hyldgaard <hyldgaard(at)hotmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Error abort transaction behaviour
Date: 2002-07-23 21:55:41
Message-ID: 200207232155.g6NLtfo06342@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> hyldgaard(at)hotmail(dot)com (Thomas Hyldgaard) writes:
> > As I can read from other appends then the behaviour where transactions
> > are aborted if errors occur is "working as designed" in PostgreSQL.
> > I'm using PostgreSQL 7.2. Is this something that will be changed in a
> > later version of PostgreSQL?
>
> Maybe someday, but it's not just around the corner.

Yes, nested transactions/savepoints is what we need.

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