This is on the TODO list for the backend. As a post a couple of days
ago stated, when the backend has error code support, it will also be
added to JDBC. Until then....
thanks,
--Barry
Peter Wiley wrote:
> It's been mentioned before, but a set of error numbers for database errors
> would make trapping exceptions and dealing with them gracefully a LOT
> simpler. I have java code that runs against Oracle, Informix, PostgreSQL,
> MS SQL Server and Cloudscape. All(?) the others have an error code as well
> as an error message and it's a lot easier to get the error code.
>
> Of course, they all have *different* error codes for the same error (ie
> primary key violation). Nothing is ever simple.
>
> Peter Wiley
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