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

On Mon, 2011-01-31 at 19:12 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)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.

Sorry about that chaps, didn't see your emails: I just committed.

57 was another one I considered, as was 08 connection failures. I don't
think 40 was the right place, but my bed was calling. I'll sleep now and
fix in my morning according to what y'all decide.

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