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Re: [HACKERS] Trouble with COPY IN

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Kris Jurka <books@ejurka.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Matthew Wakeling <matthew@flymine.org>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>, Maciek Sakrejda <msakrejda@truviso.com>, Samuel Gendler <sgendler@ideasculptor.com>, pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-07-23T13:40:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Kris Jurka <books@ejurka.com> writes:
> Attached is a patch to make the server continue to consume protocol data 
> until instructed to stop by the client in the same way as copying text 
> data to the server currently works.

I believe this is a misunderstanding of the protocol spec.  The spec is
(intended to say that) we'll continue to accept data after reporting an
error, not that we will silently swallow an incorrect data stream and
not complain about it.  Which is what this patch will do.

			regards, tom lane