Re: IGNORE/RESPECT NULLS can be specified for (prokind == 'f').

Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>

From: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
To: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Cc: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@postgresql.org>, jian.universality@gmail.com, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2026-06-18T16:12:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would dearly appreciate it if you could make these errors in this
> style:
>
> ereport(ERROR,
>         (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE),
>         /* translator: first %s is a CREATE FUNCTION clause, eg. "IGNORE NULLS" */
>          errmsg("%s specified, but %s is not a window function",
>          "RESPECT/IGNORE NULLS", NameListToString(funcname)),
>          parser_errposition(pstate, location)));
>
> to avoid keeping the clause name in the translatable string.

Thanks for the suggestion! I've updated the patch accordingly.
Patch attached.

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao

Commits

  1. Remove stray blank line in ParseFuncOrColumn()

  2. Refine error reporting for null treatment on non-window functions

  3. Fix error message typo.

  4. Fix to not allow null treatment to non window functions.

  5. Add IGNORE NULLS/RESPECT NULLS option to Window functions.