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psql's ON_ERROR_STOP is misdocumented

От
Tom Lane
Дата:
The documentation for ON_ERROR_STOP states, or at least implies by
omission, that it only affects the behavior in non-interactive scripts:

    By default, if non-interactive scripts encounter an error, such
    as a malformed SQL command or internal meta-command, processing
    continues. This has been the traditional behavior of psql but it
    is sometimes not desirable. If this variable is set, script
    processing will immediately terminate. If the script was called
    from another script it will terminate in the same fashion. If
    the outermost script was not called from an interactive psql
    session but rather using the -f option, psql will return error
    code 3, to distinguish this case from fatal error conditions
    (error code 1).

However, it is easily proven that it *does* affect interactive commands;
just try two commands on one line:

regression=# select 1/0; select 2;
ERROR:  division by zero
 ?column?
----------
        2
(1 row)

regression=# \set ON_ERROR_STOP 1
regression=# select 1/0; select 2;
ERROR:  division by zero
regression=#

Can we get the docs changed to reflect reality?

            regards, tom lane

Re: psql's ON_ERROR_STOP is misdocumented

От
Robert Haas
Дата:
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> The documentation for ON_ERROR_STOP states, or at least implies by
> omission, that it only affects the behavior in non-interactive scripts:
>
>        By default, if non-interactive scripts encounter an error, such
>        as a malformed SQL command or internal meta-command, processing
>        continues. This has been the traditional behavior of psql but it
>        is sometimes not desirable. If this variable is set, script
>        processing will immediately terminate. If the script was called
>        from another script it will terminate in the same fashion. If
>        the outermost script was not called from an interactive psql
>        session but rather using the -f option, psql will return error
>        code 3, to distinguish this case from fatal error conditions
>        (error code 1).
>
> However, it is easily proven that it *does* affect interactive commands;
> just try two commands on one line:
>
> regression=# select 1/0; select 2;
> ERROR:  division by zero
>  ?column?
> ----------
>        2
> (1 row)
>
> regression=# \set ON_ERROR_STOP 1
> regression=# select 1/0; select 2;
> ERROR:  division by zero
> regression=#
>
> Can we get the docs changed to reflect reality?

Here's an attempt at some suitable word-smithing.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

Вложения

Re: psql's ON_ERROR_STOP is misdocumented

От
Robert Haas
Дата:
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> The documentation for ON_ERROR_STOP states, or at least implies by
>> omission, that it only affects the behavior in non-interactive scripts:
>>
>>        By default, if non-interactive scripts encounter an error, such
>>        as a malformed SQL command or internal meta-command, processing
>>        continues. This has been the traditional behavior of psql but it
>>        is sometimes not desirable. If this variable is set, script
>>        processing will immediately terminate. If the script was called
>>        from another script it will terminate in the same fashion. If
>>        the outermost script was not called from an interactive psql
>>        session but rather using the -f option, psql will return error
>>        code 3, to distinguish this case from fatal error conditions
>>        (error code 1).
>>
>> However, it is easily proven that it *does* affect interactive commands;
>> just try two commands on one line:
>>
>> regression=# select 1/0; select 2;
>> ERROR:  division by zero
>>  ?column?
>> ----------
>>        2
>> (1 row)
>>
>> regression=# \set ON_ERROR_STOP 1
>> regression=# select 1/0; select 2;
>> ERROR:  division by zero
>> regression=#
>>
>> Can we get the docs changed to reflect reality?
>
> Here's an attempt at some suitable word-smithing.

Hearing no objections, committed.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

Re: psql's ON_ERROR_STOP is misdocumented

От
Josh Kupershmidt
Дата:
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hearing no objections, committed.

s/variale/variable

Josh

Re: psql's ON_ERROR_STOP is misdocumented

От
Tom Lane
Дата:
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> Hearing no objections, committed.

Looking at this a second time, it needs spell-checked.  "variale"?

            regards, tom lane

Re: psql's ON_ERROR_STOP is misdocumented

От
Robert Haas
Дата:
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>> Hearing no objections, committed.
>
> Looking at this a second time, it needs spell-checked.  "variale"?

Picky, picky.  You say potato, I say potatoe.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company