Re: Assertions in PL/PgSQL

From: Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jaime Casanova <jaime(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Amit Khandekar <amit(dot)khandekar(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Assertions in PL/PgSQL
Date: 2013-09-23 08:50:08
Message-ID: 524000C0.7070204@joh.to
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On 9/23/13 6:40 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> After days I am thinking so it can be a good solution
>
> syntax - enhanced current RAISE
>
> RAISE ASSERT WHEN boolean expression
>
> RAISE ASSERT 'some message' WHEN expression

It looks like I'm losing this battle, but this syntax isn't too bad.

> and we can have a GUC that controls asserts per database - possibly
> overwritten by plpgsql option - similar to current plpgsql options
>
> assert_level = [*ignore*, notice, warning, error]

This sounds like a decent enhancement.

> p.s. clause WHEN can be used for other exception level - so it can be a
> interesting shortcut for other use cases.

This idea is good, I like it.

I could prepare a patch for this, unless someone else wants to?

Regards,
Marko Tiikkaja

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