| From: | Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net> | 
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| To: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Deepak <deepakdevan(at)gmail(dot)com> | 
| Subject: | Re: ...Roll Back issue in PGSQL.. | 
| Date: | 2008-06-23 00:41:10 | 
| Message-ID: | 200806222041.10743.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net | 
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On Friday 20 June 2008 12:19:03 Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 13:10 +0530, Deepak wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > I am trying to create a TRIGGER function,that populates values to
> > another table upon inserting a value into a table. The issue is,if
> > there is a exception(in Table 2) everything gets rolled back including
> > Table1.I dont want this to happen.i want the value of table1 to stay.
> > I tried "try....except" and introduced SAVEPOINT.But resulted in
> > runtime error.
> >
> > Can anyone please help me out
>
> The function executed by the trigger will be executed as a single
> transaction. If any part fails, they all fail.
>
Well, wrapping the bits of table2 in a begin....exception block would allow 
him to do what he wants. 
-- 
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL
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