Re: Using the database to validate data - Mailing list pgsql-general

From JPLapham
Subject Re: Using the database to validate data
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Msg-id 1437746110360-5859239.post@n5.nabble.com
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In response to Re: Using the database to validate data  (Zdeněk Bělehrádek<zdenek.belehradek@superhosting.cz>)
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Zdeněk Bělehrádek wrote
> What about creating a SAVEPOINT before each INSERT, and if the INSERT
> returns
> an error, then ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT? This way you will have all the
> insertable data in your table, and you can still ROLLBACK the whole
> transaction, or COMMIT it if there were no errors.
>
> It will probably be quite slow, but if you have only thousands of lines,
> it
> should be fast enough for your usecase IMHO.
>
> -- Zdeněk Bělehrádek

Hmmm, interesting. Thanks, if that works, it would be exactly what I'm
looking for!

You are right, speed is not an issue.

-Jon



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