Re: [HACKERS] psql and Control-C

Alfred Perlstein wrote:

> Whoa whoa... It's a bit more complicated than you think, there's a lot
> of state that gets put into libpq,

I don't think this has anything to do with libpq. This has got to do
with
psql's reading of commands _before_ they get shoved into libpq. As such
it shouldn't be that dangerous.

> i guess the simplest way would be
> to do so and also cancel the transaction, but a simple longjump won't
> work reliably and you'd also have to take very careful steps to make
> sure you handle everything _just right_ from a signal context.
>
> I'd rather have the inconvience of psql exiting than a not entirely
> thought out mechanism for doing this properly potentially having psql
> run amok on my database. :)
>
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> -Alfred Perlstein - [bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net|alfred(at)freebsd(dot)org]
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