Thanks. Yes, I have seen those around and kind of wondered.
It looks like it can only be used in a "C" context. Should do what I need,
if I can find the right place to put it.
Regards
David M Bennett FACS
Andl - A New Database Language - andl.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: Sunday, 22 May 2016 12:01 AM
> To: dandl <david@andl.org>
> Cc: 'PostgreSQL' <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] How to know if SPI or some other API triggered an
> ERROR.
>
> "dandl" <david@andl.org> writes:
> > The question is whether there is any way to know that some Postgres API
> call such as SPI (or others) did not return but instead triggered an
> elog(ERROR).
>
> I think what you're looking for is to set up a PG_TRY/PG_CATCH block to
> intercept the error as the stack is being unwound.
>
> regards, tom lane