Re: [HACKERS] DROP TABLE inside a transaction block

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii@sra.co.jp>, pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 2000-03-07T23:40:23Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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> Tatsuo Ishii writes:
> 
> > I see following in HISTORY:
> > 
> > 	Disallow DROP TABLE/DROP INDEX inside a transaction block
> > 
> > However, it seems that this is not done with current?
> > 
> > test=# create table t1(i int);
> > CREATE
> > test=# begin;
> > BEGIN
> > test=# drop table t1;
> > NOTICE:  Caution: DROP TABLE cannot be rolled back, so don't abort now
> 
> Wow, with all due respect, that's pretty sh^H^Hpoor. That's like saying
> "Haha, either you commit your transaction or your database is fried." Any
> reason that's not an ERROR before anything destructive is done?

I tried it and the ABORT worked, so I have no idea now what is happening
here.


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