-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 That doesn't help at all during multi-table transactions or bulk-loads where you want the loader to kick duplicates out to an exception file. On 10/27/06 04:41, Gurjeet Singh wrote: >> If you are using psql, I'd recommend using '\set ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK on'. [snip] > The generalized version of this issue (transaction totally fails on > any error) is extremely painful. > > Most RDBMSs (well, ok, the other RDBMSs that *I* have worked with) > don't do that, and there's a lot of code written in the form: > > INSERT INTO ... > IF PK-ERROR THEN > UPDATE > END-IF. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFQde1S9HxQb37XmcRAnqJAKCGgg3CDeGWuvKNFBZCbrAdSESqjACdFZSI virSEhXIR8SVDK2CXKbgN3Y= =0Qrc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
