Two rrror codes are interesting for this:
42000 SYNTAX ERROR OR ACCESS RULE VIOLATION
42601 SYNTAX ERROR
"Davor J." <DavorJ@live.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone a suggestion on how to check whether a SQL SELECT query in
> postgres is well-formed (like wff). The query should not be executed (!),
> only checked for well-formedness.
>
> What I was thinking off is appending EXPLAIN to the query. EXPLAIN doesn't
> execute it, but just runs it through the planner. Then I can read whether
> there was any error or not.
>
> Is there a better way or is this the way to go?
>
> Thanks,
> Davor
>