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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Markus Bertheau <twanger@bluetwanger.de>
Cc: 'PostgreSQL' <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: getting details about integrity constraint violation
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 12:32:09 -0400
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Markus Bertheau <twanger@bluetwanger.de> writes:
> how would I find out details about for example what constraint was
> violated by an insert statement?

You can't, at the moment, except by parsing the text message.

The "error fields" facility in the FE/BE protocol could be extended
in that direction, and I think there's already been some discussion
about it; but no one has stepped up with a concrete proposal, much
less volunteered to do the work ...

			regards, tom lane



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