Look at $db->errstr That has the text version of the error code.
--rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fran Fabrizio" <ffabrizio@mmrd.com>
To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 2:48 PM
Subject: [GENERAL] Error Codes?
> I'm a bit confused about the current state of error codes in Pg. The
> docs and
> the mailing list archives seem to indicate that this is a TODO item,
> however,
> at least when using Perl with DBD::Pg, when I call $db->err() or examine
>
> $DBI::err I get a number back. For instance, 7 if I try to insert too
> many
> columns into a row, and a 1 if the connection fails. What's the scoop,
> and if
> error codes really do exist, is there a list of such codes?
>
> Thanks,
> Fran
>
>
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