Thread: [PATCH] Improve bytea error messages

[PATCH] Improve bytea error messages

From
Craig Ringer
Date:
Hi all

After someone reported somewhat less than informative errors in bytea
decoding (http://stackoverflow.com/q/24588866/398670) I thought I'd put
together a quick patch to improve the errors here.

Please merge.

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 Craig Ringer                   http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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Re: [PATCH] Improve bytea error messages

From
Robert Haas
Date:
On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> After someone reported somewhat less than informative errors in bytea
> decoding (http://stackoverflow.com/q/24588866/398670) I thought I'd put
> together a quick patch to improve the errors here.

The first two changes seem fine from here, but I think the use of
parentheses in the third one likely violates our message style
guidelines.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company



Re: [PATCH] Improve bytea error messages

From
Craig Ringer
Date:
On 07/08/2014 07:44 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> After someone reported somewhat less than informative errors in bytea
>> decoding (http://stackoverflow.com/q/24588866/398670) I thought I'd put
>> together a quick patch to improve the errors here.
>
> The first two changes seem fine from here, but I think the use of
> parentheses in the third one likely violates our message style
> guidelines.

Good point.

Better?

Putting it in ERRHINT is more appropriate.

--
 Craig Ringer                   http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
 PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services

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Re: [PATCH] Improve bytea error messages

From
Robert Haas
Date:
On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 12:49 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On 07/08/2014 07:44 AM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>> After someone reported somewhat less than informative errors in bytea
>>> decoding (http://stackoverflow.com/q/24588866/398670) I thought I'd put
>>> together a quick patch to improve the errors here.
>>
>> The first two changes seem fine from here, but I think the use of
>> parentheses in the third one likely violates our message style
>> guidelines.
>
> Good point.
>
> Better?
>
> Putting it in ERRHINT is more appropriate.

Looks OK to me.  Committed.

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company