Greg Stark wrote: > > What's the current status on psql handling typos and interrupts more usefully > by automatically encapsulating every statement in a savepoint? I'm just > curious whether it's already in for 8.1 or if it got stalled. > > I ask because I just got bit again by a typo where I accidently deleted the > wrong data and would dearly love to be able to start using autocommit=off so I > can double check my ad-hoc database work before committing. I adopted this > when I was working with Oracle and it saved my life more times than I can > remember. But it's really not feasible if every typo requires starting from > scratch. psql in 8.1 will have: \set ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK interactive -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
