Re: Transactional DDL

>> This is what happens in every RDBMS. Whats so special about postgres
>> then?

mysql> BEGIN;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> CREATE TABLE blehhhh ( id INTEGER ) ENGINE=InnoDB;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.09 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO blehhhh VALUES (1),(2),(3);
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.02 sec)
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> ROLLBACK;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT * FROM blehhhh;
+------+
| id   |
+------+
|    1 |
|    2 |
|    3 |
+------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)


psql=> BEGIN;
BEGIN
psql=> CREATE TABLE blehhhh ( id INTEGER );
CREATE TABLE
psql=> INSERT INTO blehhhh VALUES (1),(2),(3);
INSERT 0 3
psql=> ROLLBACK;
ROLLBACK
psql=> SELECT * FROM blehhhh;
ERREUR:  la relation «blehhhh» n'existe pas