Re: pg_dump 'die_on_errors'

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "PostgreSQL-development" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_dump 'die_on_errors'
Date: 2004-08-12 00:58:43
Message-ID: 6.1.1.1.0.20040812105636.059a6ea8@203.8.195.10
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At 02:31 AM 12/08/2004, Tom Lane wrote:
>result of
>considerable experience that says die_on_errors is NOT the right
>behavior for pg_restore.

Can you point me to examples? Is it just an expectation problem that could
be fixed with better docs? I tend to expect scripts to die when they
encounter an error.

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