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* problem on truncate for v.7.3.2
@ 2003-02-20 05:45 jack <datactrl@tpg.com.au>
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From: jack @ 2003-02-20 05:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
On version 7.3.2, 'truncate' can not be executed from pl/pgsql. But it isn't
stated on change notes. Is it a bug?
Jack
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* Re: problem on truncate for v.7.3.2
@ 2003-02-20 06:14 Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
parent: jack <datactrl@tpg.com.au>
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From: Josh Berkus @ 2003-02-20 06:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jack <datactrl@tpg.com.au>; pgsql-sql
Jack,
> On version 7.3.2, 'truncate' can not be executed from pl/pgsql. But it
> isn't stated on change notes. Is it a bug?
No, it's a fix.
TRUNCATE, VACUUM, ANALYZE, and REINDEX all perform COMMIT statements as part
of their operation. If called within a function, this could cause part of
the function to be committed while the rest failed, or even cause a fatal
error.
As such, these statements have been deliberately disabled within PL/pgSQL and
SQL functions.
--
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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* Re: problem on truncate for v.7.3.2
@ 2003-02-20 15:13 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
parent: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
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From: Tom Lane @ 2003-02-20 15:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>; +Cc: jack <datactrl@tpg.com.au>; pgsql-sql
Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>> On version 7.3.2, 'truncate' can not be executed from pl/pgsql. But it
>> isn't stated on change notes. Is it a bug?
> No, it's a fix.
Note however that TRUNCATE has been reimplemented to be transaction-safe
in 7.4, and so the restriction has gone away again.
regards, tom lane
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