Re: postgres server failure during some database opearion

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Surabhi Ahuja <surabhi(dot)ahuja(at)iiitb(dot)ac(dot)in>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgres server failure during some database opearion
Date: 2005-02-10 13:21:33
Message-ID: 420B5FDD.5090705@archonet.com
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Surabhi Ahuja wrote:
> I have a query regarding, the postgres Sever failure, for eg say i
> am parsng a file and inserting rows into a table. Now while this
> opeartion is taking place the server crashes, or say the power goes
> off, or say someone kills the postmaster demon.

Any rows you have committed (and received a successful result code for)
should still be there. Any rows you haven't committed will not be.

> what happens to the rows that have been inserted till now? can we get
> a status of how many rows have been installed or not?

You can always do SELECT count(*) FROM my_table to see how many rows are
in it.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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