Re: dblink_error_message return value

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: realyota@gmail.com
Cc: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2018-08-08T15:57:17Z
Lists: pgsql-docs
=?utf-8?q?PG_Doc_comments_form?= <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> Documentation says:

> Return Value
> Returns last error message, or an empty string if there has been no error in
> this connection.
> Which is invalid.
> Actually it returns 'OK' string if no error was raised.

Good catch!  The code's quite clear about it, but the SGML docs need
fixed.

> Secondly
> dblink_is_busy must be first called to make dblink_error_message returns an
> error message. (Tested on 9.6.9)

Meh.  I see what you're getting at here, I think, but that seems like a
completely wrong/misleading statement of the issue.  Joe, can you think of
better phraseology?

			regards, tom lane


Commits

  1. Fix documentation for dblink_error_message() return value