Re: sql problem with php

ff(at)dr(dot)ufu(dot)br wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am having a problem with a system I developed using php with postgres.
>...
>
> I am not able to get a error_number in pgsql errors, only the error message.
> So when I used pgsql 7.3 a used the string "referential integrity violation"
> to detect this error, but on version 7.4 of pgsql this string was replaced
> with "violates foreign key constraint" .
> Anyone has a definitive solution on this or the way is to wait and change all
> my code on future releases of pgsql?

Unfortunately this is a limitation of the PHP PostgreSQL extension.
PostgreSQL provids access to error numbers (I think as of 7.4)
through libpq PQerrorField(), but PHP doesn't give you access to this yet.