Re: BUG #2812: Transaction is aborted after error

Thank you for your help and prompt response.

Regards,
Alex

-----Original Message-----
From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:43 PM
To: Piyevsky, Alex
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #2812: Transaction is aborted after error

Alex Piyevsky wrote:

> We issue a command which drops the existing table and recreates the
table
> under the same name, all in one transaction. If the table does not
> previously exist, an error message is returned for the drop command
and the
> transaction aborts with the following:
>
> current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of
transaction
> block

This is the intended behavior. In 8.2 you can use "DROP TABLE IF
EXISTS". In previous versions you can set a savepoint before the DROP
TABLE; or you can do the DROP TABLE outside the transaction.

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