Thread: Get cursor name for invalid_cursor_name error

Get cursor name for invalid_cursor_name error

From
PetSerAl
Date:
How to reliable get cursor name which cause invalid_cursor_name error?

postgres=# CREATE FUNCTION value_from_cursor_unsafe(cursor_name text)
RETURNS integer
postgres-# STRICT LANGUAGE plpgsql
postgres-# AS $$
postgres$#   DECLARE
postgres$#     cursor CONSTANT refcursor NOT NULL := cursor_name;
postgres$#     result integer;
postgres$#   BEGIN
postgres$#     FETCH FIRST FROM cursor INTO result;
postgres$#     return result;
postgres$#   END
postgres$# $$;
CREATE FUNCTION
postgres=# CREATE FUNCTION value_from_cursor_safe(cursor_name text)
RETURNS integer
postgres-# STRICT LANGUAGE plpgsql
postgres-# AS $$
postgres$#   DECLARE
postgres$#     result integer;
postgres$#   BEGIN
postgres$#     BEGIN
postgres$#       result := value_from_cursor_unsafe(cursor_name);
postgres$#     EXCEPTION
postgres$#       WHEN invalid_cursor_name THEN
postgres$#         RAISE INFO '%', SQLERRM;
postgres$#     END;
postgres$#     return result;
postgres$#   END
postgres$# $$;
CREATE FUNCTION
postgres=# SELECT value_from_cursor_safe('asd'); -- case 1
INFO:  cursor "asd" does not exist
 value_from_cursor_safe
------------------------

(1 row)


postgres=# BEGIN;
BEGIN
postgres=*# DECLARE "fgh" SCROLL CURSOR FOR VALUES
(value_from_cursor_unsafe('jkl'));
DECLARE CURSOR
postgres=*# SELECT value_from_cursor_safe('fgh'); -- case 2
INFO:  cursor "jkl" does not exist
 value_from_cursor_safe
------------------------

(1 row)


postgres=*# COMMIT;
COMMIT

For example, in given example in "case 2" I want to rethrow error,
because it is not about 'fgh' cursor, which I directly query. But it
seems cursor name only available as part of localizable error message,
but not as separate field through GET STACKED DIAGNOSTICS.



Re: Get cursor name for invalid_cursor_name error

From
Adrian Klaver
Date:
On 10/7/24 08:15, PetSerAl wrote:
> How to reliable get cursor name which cause invalid_cursor_name error?
> 
> postgres=# CREATE FUNCTION value_from_cursor_unsafe(cursor_name text)
> RETURNS integer
> postgres-# STRICT LANGUAGE plpgsql
> postgres-# AS $$
> postgres$#   DECLARE
> postgres$#     cursor CONSTANT refcursor NOT NULL := cursor_name;
> postgres$#     result integer;
> postgres$#   BEGIN
> postgres$#     FETCH FIRST FROM cursor INTO result;
> postgres$#     return result;
> postgres$#   END
> postgres$# $$;
> CREATE FUNCTION
> postgres=# CREATE FUNCTION value_from_cursor_safe(cursor_name text)
> RETURNS integer
> postgres-# STRICT LANGUAGE plpgsql
> postgres-# AS $$
> postgres$#   DECLARE
> postgres$#     result integer;
> postgres$#   BEGIN
> postgres$#     BEGIN
> postgres$#       result := value_from_cursor_unsafe(cursor_name);
> postgres$#     EXCEPTION
> postgres$#       WHEN invalid_cursor_name THEN
> postgres$#         RAISE INFO '%', SQLERRM;
> postgres$#     END;
> postgres$#     return result;
> postgres$#   END
> postgres$# $$;
> CREATE FUNCTION
> postgres=# SELECT value_from_cursor_safe('asd'); -- case 1
> INFO:  cursor "asd" does not exist
>   value_from_cursor_safe
> ------------------------

FYI, if you do \ef value_from_cursor_unsafe the function definition will 
appear in an editor and from there you can copy and paste to make the 
output easier to follow.



-- 
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com