Re: Change COPY ... ON_ERROR ignore to ON_ERROR ignore_row

On 12.03.25 09:00, jian he wrote:
>> 1) WARNING might be a better fit than NOTICE here.
>>
> but NOTICE, on_errror set_to_null is aligned with on_errror ignore.
>
>> I would still leave the extra messages from "log_verbosity verbose" as
>> NOTICE though. What do you think?
>>
>> ====
> When LOG_VERBOSITY option is set to verbose,
> for ignore option, a NOTICE message containing the line of the input
> file and the column name
> whose input conversion has failed is emitted for each discarded row;
> for set_to_null option, a NOTICE message containing the line of the
> input file and the column name
> where value was replaced with NULL for each input conversion failure.
>
> see the above desciption,
> on_errror set_to_null is aligned with on_errror ignore.
> it's just on_errror ignore is per row, on_errror set_to_null is per
> column/field.
> so NOTICE is aligned with other on_error option.


I considered using a WARNING due to the severity of the issue - the
failure to import data - but either NOTICE or WARNING works for me.


>> 2) Inconsistent terminology. Invalid values in "on_error set_to_null"
>> mode are names as "erroneous", but as "invalid" in "on_error stop" mode.
>> I don't want to get into the semantics of erroneous or invalid, but
>> sticking to one terminology would IMHO look better.
>>
> I am open to changing it.
> what do you think "invalid values in %llu row was replaced with null"?


LGTM: "invalid values in %llu rows were replaced with null"

Thanks for the patch!

Best, Jim