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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>2025-09-15 11:38:58 +0200
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>2025-09-15 12:07:42 +0200
commit4529861cc40886ec57de185fa0fa55f2a0c08c25 (patch)
tree88995ca24fc1146e1242c740b2b97cf1c6788dc9
parent72a24bebc38f38e4862b9d89a4ce26124e4765f3 (diff)
CREATE STATISTICS: improve misleading error message
The previous change (commit f225473cbae) was still not on target, because it talked about relation kinds, which are not what is being checked here. Provide a more accurate message. Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CACJufxEZ48toGH0Em_6vdsT57Y3L8pLF=DZCQ_gCii6=C3MeXw@mail.gmail.com
-rw-r--r--src/backend/tcop/utility.c3
-rw-r--r--src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out18
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/tcop/utility.c b/src/backend/tcop/utility.c
index b00705506df..dc645060f89 100644
--- a/src/backend/tcop/utility.c
+++ b/src/backend/tcop/utility.c
@@ -1873,8 +1873,7 @@ ProcessUtilitySlow(ParseState *pstate,
if (!IsA(rel, RangeVar))
ereport(ERROR,
(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
- errmsg("cannot create statistics on the specified relation"),
- errdetail("CREATE STATISTICS only supports tables, foreign tables and materialized views.")));
+ errmsg("CREATE STATISTICS only supports relation names in the FROM clause")));
/*
* CREATE STATISTICS will influence future execution plans
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out b/src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out
index f70ea285fcb..dff364e4158 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/stats_ext.out
@@ -56,26 +56,20 @@ CREATE STATISTICS tst (unrecognized) ON x, y FROM ext_stats_test;
ERROR: unrecognized statistics kind "unrecognized"
-- unsupported targets
CREATE STATISTICS tst ON a FROM (VALUES (x)) AS foo;
-ERROR: cannot create statistics on the specified relation
-DETAIL: CREATE STATISTICS only supports tables, foreign tables and materialized views.
+ERROR: CREATE STATISTICS only supports relation names in the FROM clause
CREATE STATISTICS tst ON a FROM foo NATURAL JOIN bar;
-ERROR: cannot create statistics on the specified relation
-DETAIL: CREATE STATISTICS only supports tables, foreign tables and materialized views.
+ERROR: CREATE STATISTICS only supports relation names in the FROM clause
CREATE STATISTICS tst ON a FROM (SELECT * FROM ext_stats_test) AS foo;
-ERROR: cannot create statistics on the specified relation
-DETAIL: CREATE STATISTICS only supports tables, foreign tables and materialized views.
+ERROR: CREATE STATISTICS only supports relation names in the FROM clause
CREATE STATISTICS tst ON a FROM ext_stats_test s TABLESAMPLE system (x);
-ERROR: cannot create statistics on the specified relation
-DETAIL: CREATE STATISTICS only supports tables, foreign tables and materialized views.
+ERROR: CREATE STATISTICS only supports relation names in the FROM clause
CREATE STATISTICS tst ON a FROM XMLTABLE('foo' PASSING 'bar' COLUMNS a text);
-ERROR: cannot create statistics on the specified relation
-DETAIL: CREATE STATISTICS only supports tables, foreign tables and materialized views.
+ERROR: CREATE STATISTICS only supports relation names in the FROM clause
CREATE FUNCTION tftest(int) returns table(a int, b int) as $$
SELECT $1, $1+i FROM generate_series(1,5) g(i);
$$ LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE STRICT;
CREATE STATISTICS alt_stat2 ON a FROM tftest(1);
-ERROR: cannot create statistics on the specified relation
-DETAIL: CREATE STATISTICS only supports tables, foreign tables and materialized views.
+ERROR: CREATE STATISTICS only supports relation names in the FROM clause
DROP FUNCTION tftest;
-- incorrect expressions
CREATE STATISTICS tst ON (y) FROM ext_stats_test; -- single column reference