Re: logicalrep_message_type throws an error - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 1:39 AM Ashutosh Bapat
<ashutosh.bapat.oss@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 9:11 AM Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Okay, changed it accordingly.
> > >
> >
> > oops, forgot to attach the patch.
> >
>
> WFM
>
> @@ -3367,7 +3367,7 @@ apply_dispatch(StringInfo s)
>          default:
>              ereport(ERROR,
>                      (errcode(ERRCODE_PROTOCOL_VIOLATION),
> -                     errmsg("invalid logical replication message type
> \"%c\"", action)));
> +                     errmsg("invalid logical replication message type
> \"??? (%d)\"", action)));
>
> I think we should report character here since that's what is visible
> in the code and also the message types are communicated as characters
> not integers. Makes debugging easier. Context may report integer as an
> additional data point.

I think it could confuse us if an invalid message is not a printable character.

Regards,

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