Re: Getting rid of "unknown error" in dblink and postgres_fdw

Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>

From: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2016-12-22T17:54:32Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 12/22/2016 06:55 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
>> On 12/21/2016 09:20 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> I see that you need to pass the PGconn into dblink_res_error() now, but
>>> what's the point of the new "bool fail" parameter?
> 
>> That part isn't new -- we added it sometime prior to 9.2:
> 
> Oh!  I misread the patch --- something about an unluckily-placed line
> wrap and not looking very closely :-(.  Yeah, it's fine as is.
> Sorry for the noise.

Thanks -- committed/backpatched to 9.2

Joe

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Commits

  1. Make dblink try harder to form useful error messages

  2. Improve dblink error message when remote does not provide it