Re: Does copy abort on a failed insertion? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Does copy abort on a failed insertion?
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Msg-id 1128023522.29347.58.camel@state.g2switchworks.com
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In response to Does copy abort on a failed insertion?  ("Reid Thompson" <Reid.Thompson@ateb.com>)
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On Thu, 2005-09-29 at 14:28, Reid Thompson wrote:
> If i have a pg_dump that is using COPY, and midway through the copy an
> insert fails due to a unique constraint, will the COPY continue with the
> rest of the records, or will it abort?  If it aborts, will it perform a
> rollback on the inserts up to that point?

Copies are all or nothing.  Either the whole set gets inserted or none
of it.

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