Re: Stop execution without ERROR - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Karsten Hilbert
Subject Re: Stop execution without ERROR
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Msg-id 20131016063241.GA4638@hermes.hilbert.loc
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In response to Stop execution without ERROR  (James Sewell <james.sewell@lisasoft.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:04:53PM +1100, James Sewell wrote:

> Let's say I'm running the following SQL script via psql -f
>
> BEGIN
> \set ON_ERROR_STOP
> SELECT myFunction();
> CREATE TABLE x(id int);
> END;
>
> Is there anything I can do in myFunction which will:
>
> a) Stop execution of the script so that x will not be created
> b) Not throw an error (return value of 0, no ERROR in output)
>
> I am currently using an EXCEPTION, which satisfies a, but not b.

Any reason you aren't conditionally CREATEing TABLE inside myFunction() ?

Karsten
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