Re: dblink: rollback transaction - Mailing list pgsql-general

From John Sidney-Woollett
Subject Re: dblink: rollback transaction
Date
Msg-id 4248.192.168.0.64.1075967342.squirrel@mercury.wardbrook.com
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In response to dblink: rollback transaction  ("Oleg Lebedev" <oleg.lebedev@waterford.org>)
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Oleg Lebedev said:
> Is there a way to rollback a dblink transaction?
> Say, I delete some data from the remote database, but I don't want this
> to be visible untill the data is inserted in the current database. And
> if the insertion of data in the current database throws an error, I want
> to rollback the dblink transaction, which should restore data in its
> original remote location.

What about doing the insert first, and then issuing the delete via the
dblink? If the insert fails and the transaction rolls back then the
deletion in the remote database will never have been done.

John Sidney-Woollett

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