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Subject: Re: Big script execution
From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Igor Korot <ikorot01@gmail.com>, "pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org"
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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 17:31:51 +0100
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On Mon, 2025-03-10 at 16:42 -0500, Igor Korot wrote:
> I am trying to execute a huge script (~40K lines) that will populate
> my database.
>=20
> The script starts with "BEGIN TRANSACTION" and will end
> with "COMMIT".
>=20
> however I'd like to rollback if there is an error encounter.
>=20
> When I execute it from the Terminal I do use
>=20
> -v ON_ERROR_STOP=3D1
>=20
> but I'd like to rolback the transaction so it starts a fresh every time.
>=20
> Is there some kind of
>=20
> ON ERROR ROLLBACK
>=20
> command I can put inside the script?

That happens automatically: if you are running the whole script in a
single transaction, any error will make the whole transaction roll back.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe