You can attach additional information to the error report by writing
<literal>USING</> followed by <replaceable
class="parameter">option</replaceable> = <replaceable
- class="parameter">expression</replaceable> items. The allowed
- <replaceable class="parameter">option</replaceable> keywords are
- <literal>MESSAGE</>, <literal>DETAIL</>, <literal>HINT</>, and
- <literal>ERRCODE</>, while each <replaceable
- class="parameter">expression</replaceable> can be any string-valued
- expression.
- <literal>MESSAGE</> sets the error message text (this option can't
- be used in the form of <command>RAISE</> that includes a format
- string before <literal>USING</>).
- <literal>DETAIL</> supplies an error detail message, while
- <literal>HINT</> supplies a hint message.
- <literal>ERRCODE</> specifies the error code (SQLSTATE) to report,
- either by condition name as shown in <xref linkend="errcodes-appendix">,
- or directly as a five-character SQLSTATE code.
+ class="parameter">expression</replaceable> items. Each
+ <replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable> can be any
+ string-valued expression. The allowed <replaceable
+ class="parameter">option</replaceable> key words are:
+
+ <variablelist id="raise-using-options">
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>MESSAGE</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Sets the error message text. This option can't be used in the
+ form of <command>RAISE</> that includes a format string
+ before <literal>USING</>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>DETAIL</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Supplies an error detail message.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>HINT</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Supplies a hint message.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>ERRCODE</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Specifies the error code (SQLSTATE) to report, either by condition
+ name, as shown in <xref linkend="errcodes-appendix">, or directly as a
+ five-character SQLSTATE code.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</para>
<para>