Re: Re: plpgsql: Debug function?
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Turbo Fredriksson <turbo@bayour.com>
Cc: Joel Burton <jburton@scw.org>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-07-25T15:46:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> Is there a way to debug a PL/pgSQL function? It's behaving very > irradic! > Joel> It's crude, but you can output debugging statements w/ RAISE > Joel> NOTICE or catch flawed assumptions by RAISE EXCEPTION. Also try turning on query logging, so you can see in the postmaster log the queries plpgsql is sending to the SQL engine. This is especially helpful for catching unexpected substitutions or lack of substitutions of plpgsql variables, as in Morgan Curley's recent problem over in pgsql-sql. A volunteer to improve plpgsql's debugging/tracing facilities would be favorably received... regards, tom lane