Re: pl/perl not rethrowing pl/pgsql exceptions - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: pl/perl not rethrowing pl/pgsql exceptions
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Msg-id b42b73151001051048x2136c8c2p8e7e3f62cf80019a@mail.gmail.com
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In response to pl/perl not rethrowing pl/pgsql exceptions  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> wrote:
> is this behavior correct?
>
> create or replace function error() returns text as
> $$
> begin
>  raise exception 'test!';
> end;
> $$ language plpgsql;
>
>
> create or replace function test() returns text as
> $$
>  my $res = spi_query("select error()"); # this error is ignored
>  my $res = spi_query("something stupid!"); # this is not?
> $$ language plperlu;

I got the answer on IRC.  spi_query only parses the statement but does
not necessarily execute it (it's more like spi_prepare).
spi_exec_query works the way I think it should.

merlin

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