Thank you for your help and prompt response.
Regards,
Alex
-----Original Message-----
From: Alvaro Herrera [mailto:alvherre@commandprompt.com]=20
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:43 PM
To: Piyevsky, Alex
Cc: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #2812: Transaction is aborted after error
Alex Piyevsky wrote:
> We issue a command which drops the existing table and recreates the
table
> under the same name, all in one transaction. If the table does not
> previously exist, an error message is returned for the drop command
and the
> transaction aborts with the following:
>=20
> current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of
transaction
> block=20
This is the intended behavior. In 8.2 you can use "DROP TABLE IF
EXISTS". In previous versions you can set a savepoint before the DROP
TABLE; or you can do the DROP TABLE outside the transaction.
--=20
Alvaro Herrera
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