Is there any easy (ie, no C postgres functions) way to generate
multi-line error messages so that I can explore that possibility?
Gustavo Lopes
On 20/05/05, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Gustavo Lopes <contratempo@gmail.com> writes:
> > Actually it seems the hints are not the problem. I see no pattern now.
> > For instance, if table "j" doesn't exist, "drop table j" is ok but not
> > "drop table".
>
> Well, the latter generates a syntax complaint:
>
> regression=# drop table j;
> ERROR: table "j" does not exist
> regression=# drop table ;
> ERROR: syntax error at or near ";" at character 12
> LINE 1: drop table ;
> ^
> regression=#
>
> Maybe the pattern is "any multi-line error message causes a problem"?
>
> regards, tom lane
>
