Re: Unable to commit: transaction marked for rollback

On 7/1/2010 11:30 AM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> David Kerr<dmk@mr-paradox.net>  wrote:
>
>> javax.transaction.RollbackException: Unable to commit: transaction
>> marked for rollback
>>
>> Can someone give me a scenario where this would happen?
>
> It sounds like the right exception for the case where a previous
> statement generated an error within a database transaction.  After
> that, any attempt to run a statement would generate this at the
> PostgreSQL level:
>
> ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end
> of transaction block
>
> until a ROLLBACK or COMMIT (which would be treated as a ROLLBACK
> because of the transaction state) is executed.
>
> That sounds like exactly the case for which RollbackException was
> created:
>
> http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/transaction/TransactionRolledbackException.html
>
> -Kevin
>

Would postgres normally log the error in the TX?

(it's not, which is why i'm asking)

Thanks!

Dave