On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Moshe Jacobson <moshe@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Ken Tanzer <ken.tanzer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> After restarting the server in another window, I was surprised that my >> command did not run in a transaction: >> >> spc_test_scratch=# BEGIN; DROP VIEW IF EXISTS ptest_mip ; DROP VIEW >> rent_info; \i create.view.rent_info.sql >> FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command >> server closed the connection unexpectedly >> This probably means the server terminated abnormally >> before or while processing the request. >> The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Succeeded. >> NOTICE: view "ptest_mip" does not exist, skipping >> DROP VIEW >> DROP VIEW >> CREATE VIEW >> spc_test_scratch=# commit; >> WARNING: there is no transaction in progress >> COMMIT > > > This seems like a pretty serious issue. My opinion is that psql should > refuse to execute further commands on a line of input if any of them fails > due to a terminated connection. you can control this with on error stop directive -- add it to your psqlrc if you want the setting to persist. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general