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| author | Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> | 2021-07-08 09:38:52 +0200 |
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| committer | Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> | 2021-07-08 09:44:51 +0200 |
| commit | 2ed532ee8c474e9767e76e1f3251cc3a0224358c (patch) | |
| tree | 3365ea8086789ae6b1b0ddf3a3edd16459075a7d /src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c | |
| parent | b9734c13f168ef0d487aa122e486ca9b6dd6aa59 (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-2ed532ee8c474e9767e76e1f3251cc3a0224358c.tar.gz postgresql-2ed532ee8c474e9767e76e1f3251cc3a0224358c.zip | |
Improve error messages about mismatching relkind
Most error messages about a relkind that was not supported or
appropriate for the command was of the pattern
"relation \"%s\" is not a table, foreign table, or materialized view"
This style can become verbose and tedious to maintain. Moreover, it's
not very helpful: If I'm trying to create a comment on a TOAST table,
which is not supported, then the information that I could have created
a comment on a materialized view is pointless.
Instead, write the primary error message shorter and saying more
directly that what was attempted is not possible. Then, in the detail
message, explain that the operation is not supported for the relkind
the object was. To simplify that, add a new function
errdetail_relkind_not_supported() that does this.
In passing, make use of RELKIND_HAS_STORAGE() where appropriate,
instead of listing out the relkinds individually.
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Reviewed-by: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/dc35a398-37d0-75ce-07ea-1dd71d98f8ec@2ndquadrant.com
Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c index 76774dce064..c14ca27c5ed 100644 --- a/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c +++ b/src/backend/commands/indexcmds.c @@ -650,22 +650,12 @@ DefineIndex(Oid relationId, case RELKIND_PARTITIONED_TABLE: /* OK */ break; - case RELKIND_FOREIGN_TABLE: - - /* - * Custom error message for FOREIGN TABLE since the term is close - * to a regular table and can confuse the user. - */ - ereport(ERROR, - (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE), - errmsg("cannot create index on foreign table \"%s\"", - RelationGetRelationName(rel)))); - break; default: ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_WRONG_OBJECT_TYPE), - errmsg("\"%s\" is not a table or materialized view", - RelationGetRelationName(rel)))); + errmsg("cannot create index on relation \"%s\"", + RelationGetRelationName(rel)), + errdetail_relkind_not_supported(rel->rd_rel->relkind))); break; } |