Re: Using the database to validate data

From: JPLapham <lapham(at)jandr(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Using the database to validate data
Date: 2015-07-24 13:55:10
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Zdeněk Bělehrádek wrote
> What about creating a SAVEPOINT before each INSERT, and if the INSERT
> returns
> an error, then ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT? This way you will have all the
> insertable data in your table, and you can still ROLLBACK the whole
> transaction, or COMMIT it if there were no errors.
>
> It will probably be quite slow, but if you have only thousands of lines,
> it
> should be fast enough for your usecase IMHO.
>
> -- Zdeněk Bělehrádek

Hmmm, interesting. Thanks, if that works, it would be exactly what I'm
looking for!

You are right, speed is not an issue.

-Jon

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