Re: not fully correct error message

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>
Cc: Marcos Pegoraro <marcos(at)f10(dot)com(dot)br>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: not fully correct error message
Date: 2026-01-03 19:16:20
Message-ID: 517385.1767467780@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se> writes:
> On 1/3/26 7:03 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Yeah, I like just adding "or procedure" and calling it good.
>> I do not think we need a regression test, either ...

> Yeah, let's keep it simple.

>> Poking around, I also found this:
>> src/backend/commands/wait.c: errdetail("WAIT FOR cannot be executed from a function or a procedure or within a transaction with an isolation level higher than READ COMMITTED."));
>> which is also not great grammar. What do you think of "WAIT FOR
>> cannot be executed from a function or procedure, nor within a
>> transaction with an isolation level higher than READ COMMITTED." ?

> Much better!

Putting that all together, and fixing affected regression tests
(yes, this code was covered already), I get the attached.

regards, tom lane

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v2-improve-vacuum-error-message.patch text/x-diff 3.3 KB

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