Re: DROP TABLE in transaction - Mailing list pgsql-sql

On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Because DROP TABLE removes the table file on disk, and you can't roll back
> that.  Actually, in 7.1 you can.  ;-)

Well I understand that it's being taken from the disk, but why does that action
have to be done *right now*?
Why can't it be postponed until I type 'commit;' ?

I wonder how much time this addition would have saved those of us who type
quickly and use the tab-completion too much :)

-- Dave