Thread: Re: Improve error messages for database object stats manipulation functions during recovery

On 25/10/2024 20:07, Fujii Masao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When database object stats manipulation functions like 
> pg_set_relation_stats() are run,
> they currently produce the following error and hint messages, which are 
> "internal"
> and make it hard for users to understand the issue:
> 
>        ERROR:  cannot acquire lock mode ShareUpdateExclusiveLock on 
> database objects while recovery is in progress
>        HINT:  Only RowExclusiveLock or less can be acquired on database 
> objects during recovery.
> 
> So I'd like to propose updating these to clearer messages:
> 
>        ERROR:  recovery is in progress
>        HINT:  Database object statistics manipulation functions cannot 
> be executed during recovery.
> 
> Thought?

Makes sense.

"Database object statistics manipulation functions" is a bit of a 
mouthful". Maybe something like "statistics cannot be modified during 
recovery".

> I've attached a patch implementing these changes. It also updates the 
> documentation to
> clearly state that these functions are not available during recovery.

Looks good to me.

-- 
Heikki Linnakangas
Neon (https://neon.tech)




+1 for the patch. 

Recently, one of our customer have tried to upgrade the replica, and, obviously, failed. I don't remember the exact error message, but for him it was not so clear that server is in recovery. Explicitly declaring error is the way to go in my view.

So, I consider this patch useful. Overall, looks good to me.

--
Best regards,
Maxim Orlov.

On 2024/11/15 20:59, Maxim Orlov wrote:
> +1 for the patch.
> 
> Recently, one of our customer have tried to upgrade the replica, and, obviously, failed. I don't remember the exact
errormessage, but for him it was not so clear that server is in recovery. Explicitly declaring error is the way to go
inmy view.
 
> 
> So, I consider this patch useful. Overall, looks good to me.

Thanks for the review!

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao
Advanced Computing Technology Center
Research and Development Headquarters
NTT DATA CORPORATION





On 2024/11/16 2:36, Fujii Masao wrote:
> Sounds good! I've updated the hint messages as suggested and attached the revised patch.
> Thanks for the review!
> 
> Unless there are any objections, I'll proceed with committing it.

Pushed. Thanks!

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao
Advanced Computing Technology Center
Research and Development Headquarters
NTT DATA CORPORATION