| From: | Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: improve CREATE EXTENSION error message |
| Date: | 2021-11-29 22:31:04 |
| Message-ID: | 61A554A8.804@anastigmatix.net |
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On 11/29/21 17:13, Bossart, Nathan wrote:
> 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.
Messages crossed ...
If it were me, I would combine that DETAIL and HINT as one larger HINT,
and use DETAIL for specific details about what actually happened (such
as the exact filename sought and the %m).
The need for those details doesn't go away; they're still what you need
when what went wrong is some other freak occurrence the hint doesn't
explain.
Regards,
-Chap
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