Drop table is not a transaction-able operation. This is expected
behavior.
> [ic@cms PGconi]$ createdb bugexample
> [ic@cms PGconi]$ psql bugexample
> Welcome to the POSTGRESQL interactive sql monitor:
> Please read the file COPYRIGHT for copyright terms of POSTGRESQL
>
> type \? for help on slash commands
> type \q to quit
> type \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
> You are currently connected to the database: bugexample
>
> bugexample=> create table foobar ( x int );
> CREATE
> bugexample=> insert into foobar values (1);
> INSERT 3035918
> bugexample=> insert into foobar values (2);
> INSERT 3035919
> bugexample=> \d
>
> Database = bugexample
> +------------------+----------------------------------+----------+
> | Owner | Relation | Type |
> +------------------+----------------------------------+----------+
> | ic | foobar | table |
> +------------------+----------------------------------+----------+
> bugexample=> select * from foobar;
> x
> -
> 1
> 2
> (2 rows)
>
> bugexample=> begin;
> BEGIN
> bugexample=> drop table foobar;
> DROP
> bugexample=> abort;
> ABORT
> bugexample=> select * from foobar;
> x
> -
> (0 rows)
>
> bugexample=>
>
>
> If you know how this problem might be fixed, list the solution below:
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> ?
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>
> ic
>
> P.S. Sorry for my bad english grammatic ... :-(
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Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us