Re: how to use savepoint and rollback in function - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alban Hertroys
Subject Re: how to use savepoint and rollback in function
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Msg-id D511E937-01A8-458A-9FBB-4838D9B24373@solfertje.student.utwente.nl
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In response to how to use savepoint and rollback in function  (tushar nehete <tpnehete@gmail.com>)
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On 16 Mar 2011, at 6:25, tushar nehete wrote:

> Hi All,
> In Postgresql we can use savepoint and rollback to savepoint in transaction.
> But we cannot use savepoint in function.
> Currently I am doing migration from Informix to Postgresql 8.4.
> In Informix they used Savepoint.
> Please advice how to use Savepoint and rollback to savepoint in function.
> I know Postgresql has autocommit. But I want to rollback to a particular savepoint.

Within functions you can use exceptions with begin/end blocks to get the same behaviour as savepoints and rollbacks.

Alban Hertroys

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