On Thu, 2009-01-22 at 18:20 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com> writes:
> > On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 15:08 -0800, Jeff Davis wrote:
> >> If we keep the permission check in LockTableCommand(), I can make a
> >> patch that produces a more useful error message when the table is
> >> removed right before the pg_class_aclcheck().
>
> > Attached.
>
> This is pretty horrid, because it converts any error whatsoever into
> "relation does not exist". For counterexamples consider "statement
> timeout reached", "query cancelled by user", "pg_class is corrupted",
> etc etc.
Ah, I see. Well, I guess there's not a better way to handle that error
after all. There's no way to tell what exception you're catching
specifically, right?
Regards,Jeff Davis
