Re: BUG #17504: psql --single-transaction -vON_ERROR_STOP=1 still commits after client-side error

Thanks for the suggestions!

At Thu, 2 Jun 2022 14:39:41 +0900, Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote in 
> The change that you are sending would enforce this policy as Christoph
> would like.  Some tests would be nice to check such behaviors, say in

Added a test.

> 001_basic.pl, but we also need to be careful when sending down queries
> with psql expected to fail because of SIGPIPE (c757a3d, 6d41dd0).  The

This does not need to send a byte after the client-side failure. The
connection is rather living after failure in this case.

> docs need a refresh, they mention now that COMMIT is sent after the
> last command but that would not be the case anymore with this patch if
> there is a client-side error.

Agreed. Does the following work?

 > It causes psql to issue a BEGIN command before the first such option
 > and a COMMIT command after the last one, thereby wrapping all the
 > commands into a single transaction.
+> If any of the commands fails, a ROLLBACK command is sent instead.
 > This ensures that either all the commands complete successfully, or
 > no changes are applied.

regards.

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Kyotaro Horiguchi
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