On 1/16/06, Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
>
> I have added the following documentation addition to suggest this usage
> for constraint names.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> --- 293,304 ----
> <term><literal>CONSTRAINT <replaceable class="PARAMETER">constraint_name</replaceable></literal></term>
> <listitem>
> <para>
> ! An optional name for a column or table constraint. If the
> ! constraint is violated, the constraint name is present in error messages,
> ! so constraint names like <literal>"col must be positive"</> can be used
> ! to communicate helpful constraint information to client applications.
> ! (Double-quotes are required for constraint names that contain spaces.)
> ! If not specified, the system generates a name.
> </para>
> </listitem>
> </varlistentry>
>
>
a lot better... thanx...
what about lower the context part of the messages for plpgsql
functions? that seems debug info for me... just an idea ;)
pruebas=# select prueba();
ERROR: new row for relation "foo" violates check constraint "foo_fld_check"
CONTEXT: SQL statement "insert into foo values (-1)"
PL/pgSQL function "prueba" line 2 at SQL statement
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regards,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)
