How can I stop a Postgres script when it encounters an error?

Question

Is there a way to specify that when executing a sql script it stops when encountering the first error on the script, it usually continues, regardless of previous errors.

Answer 1

I think the solution to add following to .psqlrc is far from perfection

\set ON_ERROR_STOP on

there exists much more simple and convenient way - use psql with parameter:

psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1

better to use also -X parameter turning off .psqlrc file usage. Works perfectly for me

p.s. the solution found in great post from Peter Eisentraut. Thank you, Peter! http://petereisentraut.blogspot.com/2010/03/running-sql-scripts-with-psql.html