Re: [HACKERS] drop table inside transactions - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] drop table inside transactions
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Msg-id 199804171448.KAA20560@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to RE: [HACKERS] drop table inside transactions  ("Meskes, Michael" <meskes@topsystem.de>)
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>
> Is this really a bug? I haven't seen any (commercial) system supporting
> this kind of transaction recovery. Once you drop a table the data is
> lost, no matter if you rollback or not.
>
> Michael
>

Meta-data changes, like drop table, are not roll-back-able.  I knew this
was a reported problem, but I don't think it is required by standard, so
it is not on the TODO list.

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