Re: psql -c does not honor ON_ERROR_STOP

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On 01/06/2015 12:36 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> -c submits the entire string to the backend in one PQexec();
> therefore ON_ERROR_STOP cannot have any impact on its behavior.
> The backend will abandon processing the whole string upon first
> error, embedded begin/ commit commands notwithstanding.
> 
> There's been repeated discussion of changing -c so that the string
> is split apart and processed more like it would be if it'd been
> read from stdin.  However, given the number of ways you can already
> submit a string via stdin, this wouldn't be buying any new
> functionality.  Even discounting backwards-compatibility
> considerations, such a change would make it completely impossible
> to test multiple-commands-per-PQexec scenarios using psql.  So I'm
> inclined to leave it alone.
> 
> Possibly the point is worth documenting explicitly, though.

OK, thanks. I'll submit a proposal for an update to the docs.

Joe


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