[postgis-devel] README patch and \set ON_ERROR_STOP

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

strk wrote:

> Is there any counter-argument about adding an '/set ON_ERROR_STOP'
> directive on top of lwpostgis.sql ?
> It is much nicer to see what goes wrong on spatially-enabling
> a database. Supposedly available starting with version 8.1, but
> does it any harm for previous versions ?

The policy for SVN trunk is that we only support PostgreSQL 8.1+, so 
that's fine with me. The main issue I have with this is that adding the 
above means that the file will only work with psql, and that doesn't 
seem a particularly good idea (I know that EDB use their own customised 
loader, for example).

Perhaps the nicer solution would be to change the instructions so that 
ON_ERROR_STOP is fed in as an option to psql?

> Beside, following is a patch for README.postgis

Applied.


ATB,

Mark.

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