Re: Test database for new installs?

Am Freitag, 19. November 2004 15:59 schrieb Tom Lane:
> > is to make psql recognize the error (the error code regime in libpq would
> > have to be extended for that),
>
> Extended how?  The error you're interested in will come back as
> ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_DATABASE.

AFAICT, error codes are only accessible through PGresult.  But if the 
connection attempt fails, you have at best a PGconn.  This is the same kind 
of issue we have with frontends parsing the "no password supplied" message, 
because PQconnect cannot supply an error code in this case.

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Peter Eisentraut
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