This patch changes the behavior of PostgreSQL so that if any queries are

executed in an implicitely aborted transaction (e.g. after an occur
occurs), we return an error (and not just a warning). For example:

nconway=# begin;
BEGIN
nconway=# insert; -- syntax error
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near ";"
nconway=# select * from a;
ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, queries ignored until end of
transaction block

The old behavior was:

nconway=# begin;
BEGIN
nconway=# insert;
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near ";"
nconway=# select * from a;
WARNING:  current transaction is aborted, queries ignored until end
of transaction block
*ABORT STATE*

Which can be confusing: if the client isn't paying careful attention,
they will conclude that the query has executed (because no error is
returned).

Neil Conway

src/backend/tcop/postgres.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.279 2002/08/04 23:56:01 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/tcop/postgres.c,v 1.280 2002/08/06 05:24:04 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  this is the "main" module of the postgres backend and
@@ -648,38 +648,13 @@ pg_exec_query_string(StringInfo query_string,		/* string to execute */
 			{
 				TransactionStmt *stmt = (TransactionStmt *) parsetree;
 
-				switch (stmt->command)
-				{
-					case COMMIT:
-					case ROLLBACK:
-						allowit = true;
-						break;
-					default:
-						break;
-				}
+				if (stmt->command == COMMIT || stmt->command == ROLLBACK)
+					allowit = true;
 			}
 
 			if (!allowit)
-			{
-				elog(WARNING, "current transaction is aborted, "
+				elog(ERROR, "current transaction is aborted, "
 					 "queries ignored until end of transaction block");
-
-				/*
-				 * We need to emit a command-complete report to the client,
-				 * even though we didn't process the query.
-				 * - cim 6/1/90
-				 */
-				commandTag = "*ABORT STATE*";
-
-				EndCommand(commandTag, dest);
-
-				/*
-				 * We continue in the loop, on the off chance that there
-				 * is a COMMIT or ROLLBACK utility command later in the
-				 * query string.
-				 */
-				continue;
-			}
 		}
 
 		/* Make sure we are in a transaction command */
@@ -1701,7 +1676,7 @@ PostgresMain(int argc, char *argv[], const char *username)
 	if (!IsUnderPostmaster)
 	{
 		puts("\nPOSTGRES backend interactive interface ");
-		puts("$Revision: 1.279 $ $Date: 2002/08/04 23:56:01 $\n");
+		puts("$Revision: 1.280 $ $Date: 2002/08/06 05:24:04 $\n");
 	}
 
 	/*