Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> +1 for where you put the tests, but I don't think
>> ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR is an appropriate errcode. I'd go with
>> FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED for both, I think.
> I hesitate to use FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED for something that's
> nonsensical anyway. I picked SYNTAX_ERROR after some scrutiny of what
> I believe to be parallel cases, such as EXPLAIN (FOO) SELECT 1 and
> CREATE TABLE t AS SELECT 1 INTO me.
[ shrug... ] I don't care enough to argue about it.
regards, tom lane