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<h1 class="refname">pg_result_error</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">pg_result_error</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Get error message associated with result
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>pg_result_error</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$result</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<span class="function"><strong>pg_result_error()</strong></span> returns any error message
associated with the <em><code class="parameter">result</code></em> resource. Therefore,
the user has a better chance of getting the correct error message than
with <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-last-error.html" class="function">pg_last_error()</a></span>.
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<p class="para">
The function <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-result-error-field.html" class="function">pg_result_error_field()</a></span> can give much greater
detail on result errors than <span class="function"><strong>pg_result_error()</strong></span>.
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Because <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-query.html" class="function">pg_query()</a></span> returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if the query fails,
you must use <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-send-query.html" class="function">pg_send_query()</a></span> and
<span class="function"><a href="function.pg-get-result.html" class="function">pg_get_result()</a></span> to get the result handle.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">result</code></em></span>
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<p class="para">
PostgreSQL query result resource, returned by <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-query.html" class="function">pg_query()</a></span>,
<span class="function"><a href="function.pg-query-params.html" class="function">pg_query_params()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-execute.html" class="function">pg_execute()</a></span>
(among others).
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.pg-result-error-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns a <span class="type"><a href="language.types.string.html" class="type string">string</a></span> if there is an error associated with the
<em><code class="parameter">result</code></em> parameter, <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> otherwise.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>pg_result_error()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /> $dbconn </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"dbname=publisher"</span><span style="color: #007700">) or die(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Could not connect"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_connection_busy</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbconn</span><span style="color: #007700">)) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_send_query</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbconn</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"select * from doesnotexist;"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> }<br /> <br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$res1 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_get_result</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dbconn</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">pg_result_error</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$res1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.pg-result-error-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-result-error-field.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_result_error_field()</a> - Returns an individual field of an error report.</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-query.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_query()</a> - Execute a query</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-send-query.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_send_query()</a> - Sends asynchronous query</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-get-result.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_get_result()</a> - Get asynchronous query result</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-last-error.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_last_error()</a> - Get the last error message string of a connection</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.pg-last-notice.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">pg_last_notice()</a> - Returns the last notice message from PostgreSQL server</span></li>
</ul>
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