Re: BUG #2812: Transaction is aborted after error

Alex Piyevsky wrote:

> We issue a command which drops the existing table and recreates the table
> under the same name, all in one transaction.  If the table does not
> previously exist, an error message is returned for the drop command and the
> transaction aborts with the following:
>
> current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction
> block

This is the intended behavior.  In 8.2 you can use "DROP TABLE IF
EXISTS".  In previous versions you can set a savepoint before the DROP
TABLE; or you can do the DROP TABLE outside the transaction.

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