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3 Notice and warning messages generated by the server are not returned
4 by the query execution functions, since they do not imply failure of
5 the query. Instead they are passed to a notice handling function, and
6 execution continues normally after the handler returns. The default
7 notice handling function prints the message on
8 <code class="filename">stderr</code>, but the application can override this
9 behavior by supplying its own handling function.
11 For historical reasons, there are two levels of notice handling, called
12 the notice receiver and notice processor. The default behavior is for
13 the notice receiver to format the notice and pass a string to the notice
14 processor for printing. However, an application that chooses to provide
15 its own notice receiver will typically ignore the notice processor
16 layer and just do all the work in the notice receiver.
18 The function <code class="function" id="LIBPQ-PQSETNOTICERECEIVER">PQsetNoticeReceiver</code>
19 <a id="id-1.7.3.20.5.2" class="indexterm"></a>
20 <a id="id-1.7.3.20.5.3" class="indexterm"></a> sets or
21 examines the current notice receiver for a connection object.
22 Similarly, <code class="function" id="LIBPQ-PQSETNOTICEPROCESSOR">PQsetNoticeProcessor</code>
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24 <a id="id-1.7.3.20.5.6" class="indexterm"></a> sets or
25 examines the current notice processor.
27 </p><pre class="synopsis">
28 typedef void (*PQnoticeReceiver) (void *arg, const PGresult *res);
31 PQsetNoticeReceiver(PGconn *conn,
32 PQnoticeReceiver proc,
35 typedef void (*PQnoticeProcessor) (void *arg, const char *message);
38 PQsetNoticeProcessor(PGconn *conn,
39 PQnoticeProcessor proc,
43 Each of these functions returns the previous notice receiver or
44 processor function pointer, and sets the new value. If you supply a
45 null function pointer, no action is taken, but the current pointer is
48 When a notice or warning message is received from the server, or
49 generated internally by <span class="application">libpq</span>, the notice
50 receiver function is called. It is passed the message in the form of
51 a <code class="symbol">PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR</code>
52 <code class="structname">PGresult</code>. (This allows the receiver to extract
53 individual fields using <a class="xref" href="libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-PQRESULTERRORFIELD"><code class="function">PQresultErrorField</code></a>, or obtain a
54 complete preformatted message using <a class="xref" href="libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-PQRESULTERRORMESSAGE"><code class="function">PQresultErrorMessage</code></a>
55 or <a class="xref" href="libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-PQRESULTVERBOSEERRORMESSAGE"><code class="function">PQresultVerboseErrorMessage</code></a>.) The same
56 void pointer passed to <code class="function">PQsetNoticeReceiver</code> is also
57 passed. (This pointer can be used to access application-specific state
60 The default notice receiver simply extracts the message (using
61 <a class="xref" href="libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-PQRESULTERRORMESSAGE"><code class="function">PQresultErrorMessage</code></a>) and passes it to the notice
64 The notice processor is responsible for handling a notice or warning
65 message given in text form. It is passed the string text of the message
66 (including a trailing newline), plus a void pointer that is the same
67 one passed to <code class="function">PQsetNoticeProcessor</code>. (This pointer
68 can be used to access application-specific state if needed.)
70 The default notice processor is simply:
71 </p><pre class="programlisting">
73 defaultNoticeProcessor(void *arg, const char *message)
75 fprintf(stderr, "%s", message);
79 Once you have set a notice receiver or processor, you should expect
80 that that function could be called as long as either the
81 <code class="structname">PGconn</code> object or <code class="structname">PGresult</code> objects made
82 from it exist. At creation of a <code class="structname">PGresult</code>, the
83 <code class="structname">PGconn</code>'s current notice handling pointers are copied
84 into the <code class="structname">PGresult</code> for possible use by functions like
85 <a class="xref" href="libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-PQGETVALUE"><code class="function">PQgetvalue</code></a>.
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