On 6 October 2016 at 18:25, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I do not see sarcasm, I see someone trying to work through what is a complex > scenario. When someone talks about things "magically working as you think it should" I see sarcasm. Perhaps I misread, in which case I apologise. >> _As far as the transaction is concerned_, after the command the table > > What command? The "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS" command. >> But that's NOT what this function is for. It's designed to remove a >> table without producing an error if it didn't exist. The fact that its >> RETURN value is "DROP TABLE", whether it dropped or not, shows this. > > What function? I'm mixing up terminologies (statement, not function). I'm still talking about "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS" here. Geoff -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general