On 24 Apr 2006 12:49:51 -0700, SunWuKung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was trying to actually do a cast and trap the error but (beside not
> having succeeded in doing so) this is a much nicer way.
>
> Thanks.
> Balázs
>
>
in 8.1 you can use exception blocks
BEGIN
statements
EXCEPTION
WHEN condition [ OR condition ... ] THEN
handler_statements
[ WHEN condition [ OR condition ... ] THEN
handler_statements
... ]
END;
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/plpgsql-control-structures.html#PLPGSQL-ERROR-TRAPPING
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Jaime Casanova
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