On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 3:48 AM, Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr> wrote:
> Report the origin of syntax errors from pgbench.
>
> Currently only the column number (for expressions) and command are
> essentially reported:
>
> sh> ./pgbench -f bad.sql
> syntax error at column 14
> set: parse error
>
> The patch helps locate the origin of errors with the file name, line number
> and the actual text triggering the issue (either the line or an extract for
> expressions):
>
> sh> ./pgbench -f bad.sql
> syntax error at column 14
> error while processing "bad.sql" line 3: (1021 * :id) %
> set: parse error
>
> Whether using a macro is the right tool is debatable. The contents could be
> expanded, but that would mean replicating the same message over and over
> again, so it seems cleaner to me this way. An function seems overkill.
As I mentioned on the other thread, I'd really like to get this into a
better format, where each error message is on one line. Looking at
that, you can't tell whether you've got one mistake, two mistakes, or
three mistakes.
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