How about using a try catch block?
isn't that more efficient that eval?
~Jas
On 3/15/07, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Jasbinder Singh Bali" <jsbali@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Actually, if I rephrase my requirement, I need to catch an exception at any
> point ,where ever it is raised, in the perl code.
> E.g during an insert, there is a foreign key contraint violation, then i
> need to catch this specific error and do something with it.
Since PG 8.0, you should be able to trap exceptions with eval{}, same as
you would do in any Perl code.
regards, tom lane
