On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Ken Tanzer <ken.tan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> After restarting the server in another window, I was surprised that my > command did not run in a transaction: > > spc_test_scratch=# BEGIN; DROP VIEW IF EXISTS ptest_mip ; DROP VIEW > rent_info; \i create.view.rent_info.sql > FATAL: terminating connection due to administrator command > server closed the connection unexpectedly > This probably means the server terminated abnormally > before or while processing the request. > The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Succeeded. > NOTICE: view "ptest_mip" does not exist, skipping > DROP VIEW > DROP VIEW > CREATE VIEW > spc_test_scratch=# commit; > WARNING: there is no transaction in progress > COMMIT > This seems like a pretty serious issue. My opinion is that psql should refuse to execute further commands on a line of input if any of them fails due to a terminated connection. Moshe Jacobson Nead Werx, Inc. | Manager of Systems Engineering 2323 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 201 | Atlanta, GA 30339 mo...@neadwerx.com | www.neadwerx.com "Quality is not an act, it is a habit." -- Aristotle