Re: rollback - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Adrian Moisey
Subject Re: rollback
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Msg-id 4874CBF2.9050209@careerjunction.co.za
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In response to Re: rollback  ("A. Kretschmer" <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>)
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Re: rollback
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Hi

>>>> I would like to be able to "mark" a point in my postgres database.
>>>> After that I want to change a few things and "rollback" to that point.
>>>> Does postgres support such a thing?  Is it possible for me to do this?
>>> Well, transactions do that. If you want to do this inside a
>>> transaction, the term you're looking for is "savepoints".
>> I would like to do this globally over the entire DB, is that possible?
>
> Sure. You can start a transaction, create tables, drop tables, do
> inserts and deletes, update some tables, create and delete functions,
> triggers, views and schemas. After that, rollback. No problem.

Can I do this outside of a transaction?

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