-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, following I tried for some application logic based data migration Statement stmt = dbCon.createStatement(); try { ResultSet geo_columns_rs = stmt. executeQuery("SELECT baseline_check_version from geodb limit 1"); source_version = Versions.R03_00; source_version = Versions.R03_00; }catch (Exception e) {} to check if column already exists... If I get an exception in Java I remember that and try to update my database structure to new version using following: dbCon.createStatement().execute("ALTER TABLE geodb ADD COLUMN baseline_check_version VARCHAR(32)"); If I do so I get following error by Postgres: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1512) at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImpl.java:1297) at org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:188) at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:437) at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeWithFlags(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:339) at org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Statement.java:331) at de.airbus.omts.geodbgen.communication.dbms.Checker.execute(Checker.java:244) at de.airbus.omts.geodbgen.communication.dbms.Checker.migrateDB(Checker.java:206) at de.airbus.omts.geodbgen.communication.dbms.Checker.main(Checker.java:390) To work around this I add an dbCon.rollBack() after select statement above in good and in bad times. After that ALTER works. Can someone explain me why I need this rollback ? Using: Postgres 8.1.4-1, JDBC postgresql-8.1-405.jdbc3, JDK 1.6 Same problem with JDK 1.5... Thanks thomas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBR12PxZp7rRUHwFuZAQKnfggAvc8pYllA4RwLJqiiIuxAzF0zq4YcSAAv Xl9dvKATWEkk1I22YfylAQP4JDzAUx630+0qe3Z6DTOC5hgQMC2yEFftebO/I8cK 9HcGyIJtAq75uwKuKMvoZVGYh0c91xZlRGhtGLUADITqn6L+r9JvnaoaKvZfOZGl IcubUzw5JoWVANuD+PiePvSWiudYG966UD9eT6xPvYWaybITiof/xd/nlYV0zkdL ZIHxZKEfS8KngGlqesqJDYM/XedVYvLXGe8vH6QTeNKWAr8l+rrBBseBNUrco6Jz 1w15bxe1k2n6KZbkCn6KhJARo3aw4axKgq0I9HDytFEfmt703U+rZQ== =3VjN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org/