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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml | 10 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml index 261f19b3534..760f9b69d47 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml @@ -153,11 +153,12 @@ ereport(ERROR, errmsg("function %s is not unique", func_signature_string(funcname, nargs, NIL, actual_arg_types)), - errhint("Unable to choose a best candidate function. " - "You might need to add explicit typecasts.")); + errdetail("Could not choose a best candidate function."), + errhint("You might need to add explicit type casts.")); </programlisting> This illustrates the use of format codes to embed run-time values into - a message text. Also, an optional <quote>hint</quote> message is provided. + a message text. Also, optional <quote>detail</quote> + and <quote>hint</quote> messages are provided. The auxiliary function calls can be written in any order, but conventionally <function>errcode</function> and <function>errmsg</function> appear first. diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml index 28748742486..1707bd884dc 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml @@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ try a similar case with <literal>~</literal>, we get: <screen> SELECT ~ '20' AS "negation"; -ERROR: operator is not unique: ~ "unknown" -HINT: Could not choose a best candidate operator. You might need to add -explicit type casts. +ERROR: operator is not unique: ~ unknown +DETAIL: Could not choose a best candidate operator. +HINT: You might need to add explicit type casts. </screen> This happens because the system cannot decide which of the several possible <literal>~</literal> operators should be preferred. We can help @@ -901,8 +901,8 @@ the parser will try to convert that to <type>text</type>: <screen> SELECT substr(1234, 3); ERROR: function substr(integer, integer) does not exist -HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need -to add explicit type casts. +DETAIL: No function of that name accepts the given argument types. +HINT: You might need to add explicit type casts. </screen> This does not work because <type>integer</type> does not have an implicit cast |