Re: verbose mode for pg_input_error_message?

On 2023-01-02 Mo 10:44, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> I've been wondering if it might be a good idea to have a third parameter
>> for pg_input_error_message() which would default to false, but which if
>> true would cause it to emit the detail and hint fields, if any, as well
>> as the message field from the error_data.
> I don't think that just concatenating those strings would make for a
> pleasant API. More sensible, perhaps, to have a separate function
> that returns a record. Or we could redefine the existing function
> that way, but I suspect that "just the primary error" will be a
> principal use-case.
>
> Being able to get the SQLSTATE is likely to be interesting too.
>
>

OK, here's a patch along those lines.

cheers

andrew

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