dblink and commit - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Daniel Chiaramello
Subject dblink and commit
Date
Msg-id 4AEAAC6D.4050800@golog.net
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List pgsql-general
Hello.

I an wondering how things happen, related to transactions using dblink.

I am doing the following thing (simplified, of course), on ServerA:

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BEGIN

insert into TableA_ServerA (...)
    select * from dblink(ServerB, select * from tableA_ServerB)

insert into TableB_ServerA (...)
    select * from dblink(ServerB, select * from tableB_ServerB)

dblink(serverB, delete from tableA_ServerB)
dblink(serverB, delete from tableB_ServerB)

COMMIT
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What happens if connection is lost when executing the last dblink? Are
the data from tableA_serverB deleted (what I would like to avoid)?

If they are deleted, is there a way to handle this - do the 2 local
insert and the 2 remote delete (normal case), but do nothing at all if
something went bad at one time?

Thanks for your attention,
Daniel

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