From 8d00ab630668a15e86b584b39187ef3bf3154511 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 14:27:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] doc: Explain that ereport doesn't return for ERROR or higher
levels.
Christophe Pettus
---
doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
index 4b78679d32d..61ab9325c9e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
@@ -142,6 +142,13 @@ ereport(ERROR,
a message text. Also, an optional <quote>hint</> message is provided.
</para>
+ <para>
+ If the severity level is <literal>ERROR</> or higher,
+ <function>ereport</> aborts the execution of the user-defined
+ function and does not return to the caller. If the severity level is
+ lower than <literal>ERROR</>, <function>ereport</> returns normally.
+ </para>
+
<para>
The available auxiliary routines for <function>ereport</> are:
<itemizedlist>
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