Re: [GENERAL] bad error message

2006-10-12 Thread A. Kretschmer
am Thu, dem 12.10.2006, um 19:39:37 -0400 mailte Tom Lane folgendes: > I think what you're really wishing for is an error cursor position. > 8.2 has the infrastructure for this, eg > > regression=# create table foo (a int, b int, c int); > CREATE TABLE > regression=# select a, b, q from foo; > ER

Re: [GENERAL] bad error message

2006-10-12 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
On Oct 12, 2006, at 7:39 PM, Tom Lane wrote: That's not necessarily all that much help, if you've got so many FK constraints in your command that you don't know exactly where to look. I think what you're really wishing for is an error cursor position. 8.2 has the infrastructure for this, eg re

Re: [GENERAL] bad error message

2006-10-12 Thread Tom Lane
Jonathan Vanasco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, I know that part. The error message is bad though, because it > doesn't tell me exactly where the error is. > I got as an error > ERROR: column "id" referenced in foreign key constraint does not exist > I should have gotten something l

Re: [GENERAL] bad error message

2006-10-12 Thread Jonathan Vanasco
On Oct 12, 2006, at 3:44 PM, A. Kretschmer wrote: Can you show us your SQL? The message is clear: you create a new table with a foreign key to an other table that doesn't exist. An example: Yes, I know that part. The error message is bad though, because it doesn't tell me exactly where the

Re: [GENERAL] bad error message

2006-10-12 Thread A. Kretschmer
am Thu, dem 12.10.2006, um 15:27:08 -0400 mailte Jonathan Vanasco folgendes: > > I got a really bad error message in postgres on a CREATE TABLE in 8.1.0: > > ERROR: column "id" referenced in foreign key constraint does not > exist > > That seems odd-- I mean, I know I obviously ma