Re: primary key error message

Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> Here is a small patch that changes the error message
>>
>> duplicate key value violates unique constraint "%s"
>>
>> into
>>
>> duplicate key value violates primary key "%s"
>>
>> when the constraint is in fact a primary key.
>>
>> Comments?

> Why bother? And why bother now, when we're in the middle of the last
> CommitFest and trying to move toward a release?

This patch fails to cover all cases (index build being the obvious
omission, but I think there might be other paths as well where the
information is not so readily available). And I agree with Robert
that the usefulness is at best highly debatable.

regards, tom lane