Re: rollback

From: Adrian Moisey <adrian(at)careerjunction(dot)co(dot)za>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: rollback
Date: 2008-07-09 14:32:18
Message-ID: 4874CBF2.9050209@careerjunction.co.za
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Hi

>>>> I would like to be able to "mark" a point in my postgres database.
>>>> After that I want to change a few things and "rollback" to that point.
>>>> Does postgres support such a thing? Is it possible for me to do this?
>>> Well, transactions do that. If you want to do this inside a
>>> transaction, the term you're looking for is "savepoints".
>> I would like to do this globally over the entire DB, is that possible?
>
> Sure. You can start a transaction, create tables, drop tables, do
> inserts and deletes, update some tables, create and delete functions,
> triggers, views and schemas. After that, rollback. No problem.

Can I do this outside of a transaction?

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