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<chapter id="plpgsql">
<sect2 id="plpgsql-error-trapping">
<title>Trapping Errors</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>exceptions</primary>
+ <secondary>in PL/PgSQL</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+
<para>
By default, any error occurring in a <application>PL/pgSQL</>
function aborts execution of the function, and indeed of the
<sect1 id="plpgsql-errors-and-messages">
<title>Errors and Messages</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>RAISE</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>reporting errors</primary>
+ <secondary>in PL/PgSQL</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+
<para>
Use the <command>RAISE</command> statement to report messages and
raise errors.