2017-05-22 9:40 GMT+02:00 Fabien COELHO <coe...@cri.ensmp.fr>: > > Hello Pavel, > > After some discussions about what could be useful since psql scripts now >>>> accepts tests, this patch sets a few variables which can be used by psql >>>> after a "front door" (i.e. actually typed by the user) query: >>>> >>>> - RESULT_STATUS: the status of the query >>>> - ERROR: whether the query failed >>>> - ERROR_MESSAGE: ... >>>> - ROW_COUNT: #rows affected >>>> >>>> SELECT * FROM ; >>>> \if :ERROR >>>> \echo oops >>>> \q >>>> \endif >>>> >>>> I'm not sure that the names are right. Maybe STATUS would be better than >>>> RESULT_STATUS. >>>> >>> >>> I am sending review of this patch: >> >> 1. I agree so STATUS is better name, than RESULT status. >> > > Ok, looks simpler. > > Currently it returns values with prefix PGRES (like PGRES_FATAL_ERROR, >> PGRES_TUPLES_OK). Maybe we should to cut this prefix. FATAL_ERROR, >> TUPLES_OK looks better for custom level. The PGRES prefix has not sense in >> psql. >> > > Indeed. I skipped "PGRES_". > > 2. I propose availability to read ERROR_CODE - sometimes it can be more >> practical than parsing error possible translated message >> > > Ok. > > 3. The fields ERROR_MESSAGE and ROW_COUNT are set only when it has sense. >> This behave is maybe too strict for psql and the processing needs more >> nesting \if command. What do you think about -1 or 0 for ROW_COUNT (for >> DDL) and "" for ERROR_MESSAGE when there are not any error? It will be >> consistent with already implemented LASTOID variable (and other state psql >> variables). Using default values are not strict clean, but it can reduce >> complexity of psql scripts. >> > > My intention was that it could be tested with the "is defined" syntax, > which is yet to be agreed upon and implemented, so maybe generating empty > string is a better option. > > For ROW_COUNT, I think that it should be consistent with what PL/pgSQL > does, so it think that 0 should be the default. > > 4. all regress tests passed >> 5. there are not any problem with doc building >> > > Please find attached a v2 which hopefully takes into account all your > points above. > > Open question: should it gather more PQerrorResultField, or the two > selected one are enough? If more, which should be included?
I don't think so it is necessary. No in this moment. ERROR_CODE and ERROR_MESSAGE are fundamental - and if we add other, then we should to add all. Has not sense to add only some. Regards Pavel > > -- > Fabien.
