pl/pgsql exceptions

Shelby Cain <alyandon@yahoo.com> writes:

Is there any way to retrieve the error code and error
message text when an exception has been caught via
"exception when others" in pl/pgsql?

Not yet. I'm open to suggestions though ...

I'm looking
essentially for the equivalent of Oracle's pl/sql
sqlerrm and sqlcode variables.

We can't just copy those, since we aren't using SQLCODE error
numbers. I'm not sure how to map the error/detail/hint structure
into all this, either ... and does a plpgsql function want to see
localized message texts, or not?

regards, tom lane