Sorry for the duplicate mail. Been having problems with outgoing (just to
give you an idea about the kinds of problems: I sent this message over 24
hours ago).
DEJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jackson, DeJuan [SMTP:djackson@cpsgroup.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 1999 3:15 PM
> To: PGSQL Hackers
> Subject: [HACKERS] Drop table abort
>
> It seem that a drop table while in a transaction keeps the table but not
> the
> data. Bug? or undocumented feature?
>
> testcase=> select * from t;
> i
> -
> (0 rows)
>
> testcase=> insert into t VALUES(1);
> INSERT 551854 1
> testcase=> insert into t VALUES(2);
> INSERT 551855 1
> testcase=> insert into t VALUES(3);
> INSERT 551856 1
> testcase=> select * from t;
> i
> -
> 1
> 2
> 3
> (3 rows)
>
> testcase=> begin;
> BEGIN
> testcase=> insert into t VALUES(4);
> INSERT 551857 1
> testcase=> drop table t;
> DROP
> testcase=> abort;
> ABORT
> testcase=> select * from t;
> i
> -
> (0 rows)
>
> testcase=> select version();
> version
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> PostgreSQL 6.5.0 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc 2.7.2.3