<para>
Tests whether the given <parameter>string</parameter> is valid
input for the specified data type; if not, return the details of
- the error would have been thrown. If the input is valid, the
+ the error that would have been thrown. If the input is valid, the
results are NULL. The inputs are the same as
for <function>pg_input_is_valid</function>.
</para>
a <quote>soft</quote> error. Otherwise, invalid input will abort
the transaction, just as if the string had been cast to the type
directly.
- </para>
- <para>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <literal>select * from pg_input_error_info('42000000000', 'integer')</literal>
+ <returnvalue></returnvalue>
<programlisting>
-SELECT * FROM pg_input_error_info('42000000000', 'integer');
message | detail | hint | sql_error_code
------------------------------------------------------+--------+------+----------------
value "42000000000" is out of range for type integer | | | 22003
-
-SELECT * FROM pg_input_error_info('1234.567', 'numeric(7,4)');
- message | detail | hint | sql_error_code
-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------+----------------
- numeric field overflow | A field with precision 7, scale 4 must round to an absolute value less than 10^3. | | 22003
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <literal>select message, detail from pg_input_error_info('1234.567', 'numeric(7,4)')</literal>
+ <returnvalue></returnvalue>
+<programlisting>
+ message | detail
+------------------------+----------------------------------&zwsp;-------------------------------------------------
+ numeric field overflow | A field with precision 7, scale 4 must round to an absolute value less than 10^3.
</programlisting>
</para></entry>
</row>