Re: Client failure allows backed to continue

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Client failure allows backed to continue
Date: 2003-01-28 03:45:48
Message-ID: 200301280345.h0S3jnv02215@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Why is COMMERROR not doing the longjump like ERROR?
>
> Because it's defined to be like LOG.
>
> A more useful reply might be that I'm not sure it's safe to abort in the
> client I/O routines.

Well, if we get an I/O error, I can't imagine why we would continue
doing anything --- are any of those recoverable? Do we need a separate
error type for I/O messages?

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