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--Bart
Bart Samwel wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have just upgraded to PostgreSQL 8.1 and I have encountered the
> following problem. When I connect through psqlODBC 8.01.0200 (PostgreSQL
> Unicode), a sequence like the following:
>
> <start a transaction>
> DROP SEQUENCE BAZ;
> SELECT 1;
>
> will give an error on the DROP SEQUENCE:
>
> "42P01: Error while executing the query;
> ERROR: sequence "app_bod_seq" does not exist"
>
> and will then give an error on the SELECT 1:
>
> "25P02: Error while executing the query;
> ERROR: current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of
> transaction block"
>
> When connecting through the psqlODBC 8.00.0102, I do *not* get the
> second error. This is, in fact, what I would expect. It is also what
> pretty much all other databases do (our application also runs on
> Informix, Firebird, Oracle and MS SQL Server, and they all allow failed
> commands in transactions without forcing a rollback). And it is what the
> 8.00.0102 driver did. Was this behaviour changed on purpose, and if so,
> why? Please enlighten me!
>
> --Bart
>
> P.S.: I'm not subscribed to the list, please keep me CC'ed!
>
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> [3348]globals.extra_systable_prefixes = 'dd_;'
> [3348]aszKey='DSN', value='postgres'
> [3348]copyAttributes:
DSN='postgres',server='',dbase='',user='',passwd='xxxxx',port='',sslmode='',onlyread='',conn_settings='',disallow_premature=-1)
> [3348]globals.extra_systable_prefixes = 'dd_;'
> [3348]globals.extra_systable_prefixes = 'dd_;'
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