Re: PLPGSQL/EXCEPTION HANDLING

On 6/13/06, renneyt(at)yahoo(dot)com <renneyt(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> Jaime Casanova wrote:
> > On 6/12/06, renneyt(at)yahoo(dot)com <renneyt(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> >> In a function implemented in 7.4.8 I had the following error when I call
> >> the function:
> >>
> >> ERROR: syntax error at or near "EXCEPTION"
> >>
> >> Offending line is:
> >> EXCEPTION WHEN dup_val_on_index THEN NULL;
> >>
> >> When this line is removed, all is well.
> >>
> >
> > that's because that construction was added in 8.0, you have to upgrade
> > to use it
> >
> What part of the original construction is not supported?
> Are any "exception when" statements supported?
>

all the BEGIN .. EXCEPTION block:

[ <<label>> ]
[ DECLARE
declarations ]
BEGIN
statements
EXCEPTION
WHEN condition [ OR condition ... ] THEN
handler_statements
[ WHEN condition [ OR condition ... ] THEN
handler_statements
... ]
END;

all you can do until 7.4.x was:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/plpgsql-errors-and-messages.html

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Atentamente,
Jaime Casanova

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