Re: Insert Ignore or something similar...

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
To: "Thomas F(dot) O'Connell" <tfo(at)sitening(dot)com>
Cc: Cristian Prieto <cristian(at)clickdiario(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Insert Ignore or something similar...
Date: 2005-09-06 03:51:42
Message-ID: 20050906035142.GD22392@surnet.cl
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On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 10:35:49PM -0500, Thomas F. O'Connell wrote:
> I don't think any such behavior exists in PostgreSQL, and based on a
> reading of the behavior in MySQL, I can't imagine it ever existing
> considering the preference of PostgreSQL developers for correct (and
> sane) behavior. INSERT IGNORE seems like a foot-cannon...

What is it supposed to do? If ignoring errors is the behavior Cristian
wants, it's possible to do with savepoints (or PL/pgSQL exceptions).

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Alvaro Herrera -- Valdivia, Chile Architect, www.EnterpriseDB.com
"People get annoyed when you try to debug them." (Larry Wall)

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