On Mar 11, 2005, at 4:07 AM, Qingqing Zhou wrote:
> Pg8.0.1
>
> backend> begin;
> backend> create table a (i int);
> backend> insert into a values(1);
> 1: i (typeid = 23, len = 4, typmod = -1, byval = t)
> ----
> backend> select * from pg_class;
> 1: relname (typeid = 19, len = 64, typmod = -1, byval = f)
> 2: relnamespace (typeid = 26, len = 4, typmod = -1,
> byval =
> t)
> 3: reltype (typeid = 26, len = 4, typmod = -1, byval = t)
> 4: relowner (typeid = 23, len = 4, typmod = -1, byval = t)
>
> ... before the query is finished, press a ctrl_c here ...
>
> ERROR: canceling query due to user request
> backend> select * from a;
> ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of
> transaction block
> backend> commit;
> backend> select * from a;
> ERROR: relation "a" does not exist
>
> So ctrl_c in a backend actually means cancel the whole transaction
> (instead
> of statement)?
CTRL-C yields an error, which I think will cause the transaction to
fail, yes.
Sean
