Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Add STRICT to PL/pgSQL SELECT INTO, so exceptions

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Plan B is to invent new errcodes to match the Oracle spellings. If
> >> that's what we want to do, it's not that hard.
>
> > We could use:
> > #define ERRCODE_DATA_EXCEPTION MAKE_SQLSTATE('2','2',
> > or
> > #define ERRCODE_ERROR_IN_ASSIGNMENT MAKE_SQLSTATE('2','2',
>
> Those are both mighty generic (in fact DATA_EXCEPTION is a class code
> not a specific error). If we want to stick to existing errcodes I think
> CARDINALITY_VIOLATION is the only reasonable choice.

If we go with that how does the caller check between not found and too
many? And if we go with Oracle names, I need different codes to match
with the two Oracle names.

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