-- test error handling, i forgot to restore Warn_restart in -- the trigger handler once. the errors and subsequent core dump were -- interesting. /* Flat out syntax error */ CREATE FUNCTION sql_syntax_error() RETURNS text AS 'plpy.execute("syntax error")' LANGUAGE plpythonu; SELECT sql_syntax_error(); WARNING: PL/Python: plpy.SPIError: unrecognized error in PLy_spi_execute_query CONTEXT: PL/Python function "sql_syntax_error" ERROR: syntax error at or near "syntax" LINE 1: syntax error ^ QUERY: syntax error CONTEXT: PL/Python function "sql_syntax_error" /* check the handling of uncaught python exceptions */ CREATE FUNCTION exception_index_invalid(text) RETURNS text AS 'return args[1]' LANGUAGE plpythonu; SELECT exception_index_invalid('test'); ERROR: PL/Python: IndexError: list index out of range CONTEXT: PL/Python function "exception_index_invalid" /* check handling of nested exceptions */ CREATE FUNCTION exception_index_invalid_nested() RETURNS text AS 'rv = plpy.execute("SELECT test5(''foo'')") return rv[0]' LANGUAGE plpythonu; SELECT exception_index_invalid_nested(); WARNING: PL/Python: plpy.SPIError: unrecognized error in PLy_spi_execute_query CONTEXT: PL/Python function "exception_index_invalid_nested" ERROR: function test5(unknown) does not exist LINE 1: SELECT test5('foo') ^ HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts. QUERY: SELECT test5('foo') CONTEXT: PL/Python function "exception_index_invalid_nested" /* a typo */ CREATE FUNCTION invalid_type_uncaught(a text) RETURNS text AS 'if "plan" not in SD: q = "SELECT fname FROM users WHERE lname = $1" SD["plan"] = plpy.prepare(q, [ "test" ]) rv = plpy.execute(SD["plan"], [ a ]) if len(rv): return rv[0]["fname"] return None ' LANGUAGE plpythonu; SELECT invalid_type_uncaught('rick'); WARNING: PL/Python: plpy.SPIError: unrecognized error in PLy_spi_prepare CONTEXT: PL/Python function "invalid_type_uncaught" ERROR: type "test" does not exist CONTEXT: PL/Python function "invalid_type_uncaught" /* for what it's worth catch the exception generated by * the typo, and return None */ CREATE FUNCTION invalid_type_caught(a text) RETURNS text AS 'if "plan" not in SD: q = "SELECT fname FROM users WHERE lname = $1" try: SD["plan"] = plpy.prepare(q, [ "test" ]) except plpy.SPIError, ex: plpy.notice(str(ex)) return None rv = plpy.execute(SD["plan"], [ a ]) if len(rv): return rv[0]["fname"] return None ' LANGUAGE plpythonu; SELECT invalid_type_caught('rick'); WARNING: PL/Python: plpy.SPIError: unrecognized error in PLy_spi_prepare CONTEXT: PL/Python function "invalid_type_caught" ERROR: type "test" does not exist CONTEXT: PL/Python function "invalid_type_caught" /* for what it's worth catch the exception generated by * the typo, and reraise it as a plain error */ CREATE FUNCTION invalid_type_reraised(a text) RETURNS text AS 'if "plan" not in SD: q = "SELECT fname FROM users WHERE lname = $1" try: SD["plan"] = plpy.prepare(q, [ "test" ]) except plpy.SPIError, ex: plpy.error(str(ex)) rv = plpy.execute(SD["plan"], [ a ]) if len(rv): return rv[0]["fname"] return None ' LANGUAGE plpythonu; SELECT invalid_type_reraised('rick'); WARNING: PL/Python: plpy.SPIError: unrecognized error in PLy_spi_prepare CONTEXT: PL/Python function "invalid_type_reraised" ERROR: type "test" does not exist CONTEXT: PL/Python function "invalid_type_reraised" /* no typo no messing about */ CREATE FUNCTION valid_type(a text) RETURNS text AS 'if "plan" not in SD: SD["plan"] = plpy.prepare("SELECT fname FROM users WHERE lname = $1", [ "text" ]) rv = plpy.execute(SD["plan"], [ a ]) if len(rv): return rv[0]["fname"] return None ' LANGUAGE plpythonu; SELECT valid_type('rick'); valid_type ------------ (1 row)