Re: Please implement a catch-all error handler per row, for COPY

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: me nefcanto <sn(dot)1361(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Please implement a catch-all error handler per row, for COPY
Date: 2025-03-03 04:07:27
Message-ID: 3558969.1740974847@sss.pgh.pa.us
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me nefcanto <sn(dot)1361(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> The point is, that there is already an `on_error ignore` clause there. This
> means that somewhere there is a try/catch per row. If I'm wrong, please let
> me know.

You are wrong. See

https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git&a=commitdiff&h=d9f7f5d32

https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git&a=commitdiff&h=9e2d87011

and a ton of related commits.

It's possible that the specific case of unique-index violations
could be handled in a similar style. But "catch any error whatever"
is simply not going to happen here, because a subtransaction per
row is not practical.

regards, tom lane

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