OK, developer's FAQ updated to mention errfinish, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tom Lane wrote: > Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes: > > Hmm, depends. It's not asked often, that for sure. Yet everytime it > > comes up I keep forgetting if I should be breaking on errstart, errmsg > > or something else. One of these days I might just write it on a post-it > > note next to my computer. > > I always break on errfinish myself. At one time elog didn't go through > errstart (it may still not, I forget) so errfinish was the only > certainly common point for catching both elog and ereport. Another > advantage is that by that point, all the error info is set up and you > can inspect it if you want to. > > > - Note that DEBUG level message will trigger > > - also so you might need to "cont" a few times to get the error you > > - want. > > Also, control doesn't come to errfinish at all unless the message is > going to be printed, so the DEBUG-message problem goes away. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
