Re: Can the backend return more than one error message per PQexec? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Can the backend return more than one error message per PQexec?
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Msg-id 24513.991842858@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Can the backend return more than one error message per PQexec?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Can the backend return more than one error message per PQexec?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> One way to do this that wouldn't involve breaking the protocol is
>> to assign significance to linebreaks in an 'E' message's payload.

> Some fields may contain line breaks; for example, error messages
> definitely do now.

Yes.  I believe most of them are set up to indent the continuation
lines, so there wouldn't be much of a problem interpreting the format.
In any case, we could say that only a line beginning with a known
keyword starts a new field.

> Okay, so PQerrorMessage will print the whole glob, whereas there would be
> an accessor method that would filter out the fields.  That would also work
> transparently with the notice processor, which I was concerned about until
> now.  I like it.

Works for me.
        regards, tom lane


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