Re: idle-in-transaction timeout error does not give a hint

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: ideriha(dot)takeshi(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: idle-in-transaction timeout error does not give a hint
Date: 2018-11-28 09:06:17
Message-ID: 20181128.180617.1161250201215005974.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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> Hi, it makes sense to me. One can submit transaction again same as other cases
> you mentioned.
>
> I didn't attach the patch but according to my simple experiment
> in psql the output would become the following:
>
> FATAL: terminating connection due to idle-in-transaction timeout
> HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the
> database and repeat your command.

Alternative HINT message would be something like:

HINT: In a moment you should be able to reconnect to the
database and restart your transaction.

This could make the meaning of the error (transaction aborted)
cleaner and might give a better suggestion to the user.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php
Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp

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