| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: improve CREATE EXTENSION error message |
| Date: | 2021-11-29 22:42:03 |
| Message-ID: | 1508317.1638225723@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com> writes:
> Alright, here's v3. In this version, I actually removed the message
> about the control file entirely, so now the error message looks like
> this:
> postgres=# CREATE EXTENSION does_not_exist;
> ERROR: extension "does_not_exist" is not available
> DETAIL: The extension must first be installed on the system where PostgreSQL is running.
> HINT: The pg_available_extensions view lists the extensions that are available for installation.
I don't think that HINT is useful at all, and I agree with Chapman
that we should still show the filename we tried to look up,
just in case there's a path problem or the like.
regards, tom lane
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