Excerpts from Robert Walker's message of vie jun 11 14:49:03 -0400 2010: > SPI_execute_plan_with_paramlist seems to be newly introduced into 9.0 beta > that is causing an error in pl/pgsql when attempting to create a savepoint. > This did not happen when using version 8.4 (which I assume was not using > SPI_execute_plan_with_paramlist), so I believe this is a regression. > > The specific format of the error is: > > ERROR: SPI_execute_plan_with_paramlist failed executing query "SAVEPOINT > savepoint_name": SPI_ERROR_TRANSACTION
If it fails to fail on 8.4, that's a bug -- it is *supposed* not to work. If you want to use savepoints in plpgsql you need to use EXCEPTION blocks. Can you provide a working example in 8.4? -- Álvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs