Re: Add errdetail() with PID and UID about source of termination signal

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 5:15 PM Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
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> On 2026-02-24 Tu 5:05 AM, Jakub Wartak wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 9:40 AM Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> >> There is guidance in the documentation regarding error message style: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/error-style-guide.html
> >> ```
> >> Detail and hint messages: Use complete sentences, and end each with a period. Capitalize the first word of sentences. Put two spaces after the period if another sentence follows (for English text; might be inappropriate in other languages).
> >> ```
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> >> I also noticed that some existing DETAIL and HINT messages do not fully follow this guideline. But I believe new code should adhere to the documented style as much as possible. In particular, DETAIL and HINT messages should begin with a capital letter and follow the complete-sentence convention.
> > Hi, v2 attached, WIP, the only known remaining issue to me is that
> > windows might fail to compile as it probably doesn't have concept of
> > uid_t... I'm wondering what to do there.
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> I don't think it will arise, as Windows doesn't have the siginfo stuff,
> AFAIK.
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Hi Andrew. Ok, so V3 is attached with just one change: uid_t/pid_t
changed to uint32 to make win32 happy.

Perhaps one question is whether this should be toggleable with GUC or not.

-J.