Below is the info from the on-line docs for 7.4.2. Can someone tell me how to hook into the error mechanism to notice that this happens. Like the doc says you can. I want to do something special in PL/pgSQL if I notice an error has been encountered. Like log to a table. I know you could do this in the calling language C++,VB or whatever your app is written in. I would just like to have this implemented in PL/pgSQL for many reasons. Like Oracle, Firebird, Interbase and everyone else does. If PL/pgSQL had that I would be 100% happy with PostgreSQL instead of 99% happy(not that anyone cares about my happiness). That's why I'm willing to do something about this if I can only get some help and guidance on doing this. Any coders out there want to help me out on figuring this out or adding this to the PostgreSQL source for all to use and enjoy? To me this is always that one thing that PostgerSQL doesn't have that I think is not a plus but a needed piece of functionality. Thanks 23.8.1. Exceptions PostgreSQL does not have a very smart exception handling model. Whenever the parser, planner/optimizer or executor decide that a statement cannot be processed any longer, the whole transaction gets aborted and the system jumps back into the main loop to get the next query from the client application. It is possible to hook into the error mechanism to notice that this happens. But currently it is impossible to tell what really caused the abort (input/output conversion error, floating-point error, parse error). And it is possible that the database backend is in an inconsistent state at this point so returning to the upper executor or issuing more commands might corrupt the whole database. Thus, the only thing PL/pgSQL currently does when it encounters an abort during execution of a function or trigger procedure is to write some additional NOTICE level log messages telling in which function and where (line number and type of statement) this happened. The error always stops execution of the function. Bob Henkel 651-738-5085 Mutual Funds I/T Woodbury Hartford Life 500 Bielenberg Drive Woodbury, MN 55125 ************************************************************************* PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL: This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this communication and destroy all copies. ************************************************************************* ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
