From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: philipp.salvisberg@gmail.com
To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Undocumented optionality of handler_statements
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:39:20 +0900
Message-ID: <Zp7tqLSTbBaBTUlP@paquier.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <172165655256.710.2097726158572647813@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <172165655256.710.2097726158572647813@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 01:55:52PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> In
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/plpgsql-control-structures.html#PLPGSQL-ERROR-TRAPPING
> handler_statements are documented as optional.
>
> However, the following example shows that handler_statements can be omitted.
You have a good point. This could be clarified better in the
documentation by making handler_statements conditional with square
brackets around it. I'd rather add an extra sentence to tell that not
specifying handler_statements is equivalent to taking no action.
Perhaps you would like to write a patch?
--
Michael
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