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Re: Error code for "terminating connection due to conflict with recovery"

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, fgp@phlo.org, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-02-01T00:33:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> BTW, anybody know why we have PL/pgSQL condition codes for conditions
> that can't be trapped by PL/pgSQL? ERRCODE_ADMIN_SHUTDOWN and
> ERRCODE_DATABASE_DROPPED are always FATAL. Seems like pointless code to
> me.

There's a difference between not being able to trap the error and not
being able to name it at all.  You might wish to throw it, for instance.

			regards, tom lane