On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 15:48, Jon Nelson <jnelson+pgsql@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > especially if my attempt > to do so kills the backend I am using (which triggers a shutdown of > all other backends, no?). No, this is just an ereport(ERROR) that's handled gracefully by rolling back the transaction. Regards, Marti -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general