Re: not fully correct error message

From: jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: not fully correct error message
Date: 2026-01-01 10:05:12
Message-ID: CACJufxEOQ+2=L3aLBzW6A4vu75gN7vKw07+QgU_398Avqb5KTg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I tested one use case, and maybe I found little bit possible error message
>
> create procedure test()
> as $$
> begin
> vacuum;
> end;
> $$ language plpgsql;
>
> (2026-01-01 08:04:05) postgres=# call test();
> ERROR: 25001: VACUUM cannot be executed from a function
> CONTEXT: SQL statement "vacuum"
> PL/pgSQL function test() line 3 at SQL statement
> LOCATION: PreventInTransactionBlock, xact.c:3695
> (2026-01-01 08:09:18) postgres=#
>
> should be "VACUUM cannot be executed from a function or a procedure" instead ?
>

hi.
"VACUUM cannot be executed from a function or a procedure"
looks good to me.

similarly, in ExecWaitStmt we have:
ereport(ERROR,
errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),
errmsg("WAIT FOR must be only called without an active
or registered snapshot"),
errdetail("WAIT FOR cannot be executed from a function
or a procedure or within a transaction with an isolation level higher
than READ COMMITTED."));

PreventInTransactionBlock is used in so many places, but this error message:
``
(errmsg("%s cannot be executed from a function", stmtType)));
``
only appears once in the regress tests.
maybe we can add some dummy tests for it.

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