From: Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 08:05:38 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: psql: don't abort transactions in interactive mode on error
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psql: don't abort transactions in interactive mode on error
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diff --git a/psql/psqlrc.in b/psql/psqlrc.in
index 8396dfd..bdf8e13 100644
--- a/psql/psqlrc.in
+++ b/psql/psqlrc.in
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 -- prevent mistaken them for an empty string.
 \pset null ï½¢NULLï½£
 
+-- Don't abort transactions in interactive mode when an error occurs. As the
+-- error is displayed no information is lost and this saves one from having to
+-- restart the transaction on a typo in a statement.
+\set ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK interactive
+
 -- Uppercase keywords when completing. Thanks to [1] (read on 2016-08-06).
 -- [1]: http://phili.pe/posts/postgresql-on-the-command-line/
 \set COMP_KEYWORD_CASE upper