Re: Error code for "terminating connection due to conflict with recovery"

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> I would make ERRCODE_DATABASE_DROPPED an Invalid Authorization error,
>> rather than a Transaction Rollback code. So sqlstate 28P02

> ISTM it should still be in class 40.  There's nothing wrong with the
> user's authorization; we've just decided to roll back the transaction
> for our own purposes.

I agree, 28 is a completely off-point category.  But it wasn't in 40
before, either --- we are talking about where it currently says
ADMIN_SHUTDOWN, no?  I'd vote for keeping it in class 57 (operator
intervention), as that is both sensible and a minimal change from
current behavior.
        regards, tom lane