The problem is that the error comes at a very low level in the code.
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Mike Mascari wrote:
> From: "Bruce Momjian" <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
> >
> > New in 7.3, you can specify an empty COPY column for an
> integer. It has
> > to be a zero or some other value.
>
> That's true of course (that you cannot specify an empty column
> for an integer). But Chisel's complaint still remains; the error
> reporting in some messages (particularly type-related errors)
> fails to provide any concrete information as to which attribute
> of which table caused the failure. One would have to log queries
> to determine where the failure took place. I don't think its
> unfair to say that other DBMS products do a better job of
> reporting more details of the failure - schema, table,
> attribute, etc.
>
> Mike Mascari
> mascarm@mascari.com
>
> >
> > Chisel Wright wrote:
> > > I like postgres, I find I get on much better with it than
> mysql.
> > > I have one really big problem with it though.
> > >
> > > Why is the error reporting so bad/vague for failed inserts?
> > >
> > > ERROR: pg_atoi: zero-length string
> > >
> > > No clues as to which field or piece of data it is
> complaining about.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how to find this out?
>
>
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