On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Because DROP TABLE removes the table file on disk, and you can't roll back
> that. Actually, in 7.1 you can. ;-)
Well I understand that it's being taken from the disk, but why does that action
have to be done *right now*?
Why can't it be postponed
David Olbersen writes:
> I was wondering if anybody could explain to me why I can't roll back dropping a
> table.
Because DROP TABLE removes the table file on disk, and you can't roll back
that. Actually, in 7.1 you can. ;-)
> I would think that of all the events that should be rollback-able,
Hello.
I was wondering if anybody could explain to me why I can't roll back dropping a
table. I would think that of all the events that should be rollback-able,
dropping a table would be the first on the list.
-- Dave
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