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Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c b/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c index bf23937849c..a791e99092d 100644 --- a/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c +++ b/src/backend/commands/operatorcmds.c @@ -168,10 +168,22 @@ DefineOperator(List *names, List *parameters) if (typeName2) typeId2 = typenameTypeId(NULL, typeName2); + /* + * If only the right argument is missing, the user is likely trying to + * create a postfix operator, so give them a hint about why that does not + * work. But if both arguments are missing, do not mention postfix + * operators, as the user most likely simply neglected to mention the + * arguments. + */ if (!OidIsValid(typeId1) && !OidIsValid(typeId2)) ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION), - errmsg("at least one of leftarg or rightarg must be specified"))); + errmsg("operator argument types must be specified"))); + if (!OidIsValid(typeId2)) + ereport(ERROR, + (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION), + errmsg("operator right argument type must be specified"), + errdetail("Postfix operators are not supported."))); if (typeName1) { |