Posted by Toby A Inkster on 05/23/07 10:44

Erwin Moller wrote:

> You could of course try to parse your errormessage and look for substrings
> like 'UNIQUE CONSTRAINT VIOLATION' (just an example), but that message
> could very well be different if you switch databases, or upgrade the one
> you use now.

A good compromise is to parse the error message , but in cases where it
can't be recognised, display the error message directly to the user.

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