42000 — syntax_error_or_access_rule_violation

SQLSTATE 42000 is syntax_error_or_access_rule_violation in Class 42. 42000 is the broad syntax-error-or-access-rule umbrella. This batch keeps it as a definition boundary because fixed PostgreSQL paths report concrete child codes such as 42501 and 42601.

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aliases: Unknown
class name: Syntax Error or Access Rule Violation
condition name: syntax_error_or_access_rule_violation
lang: en
sqlstate: 42000

Definition PG 18

42000

At a glance {#at-a-glance}

SQLSTATE 42000 is syntax_error_or_access_rule_violation in Class 42. 42000 is the broad syntax-error-or-access-rule umbrella. This batch keeps it as a definition boundary because fixed PostgreSQL paths report concrete child codes such as 42501 and 42601.

Meaning {#meaning}

42000 is the broad syntax-error-or-access-rule umbrella. This batch keeps it as a definition boundary because fixed PostgreSQL paths report concrete child codes such as 42501 and 42601.

Diagnosis {#diagnosis}

First classify the server SQLSTATE and command phase. A client parser error or a locally raised exception does not prove the umbrella code, and a concrete child should not be widened to 42000.

Response {#response}

Repair the concrete syntax or access rule named by the diagnostic and retry only that command. Preserve the child code in logs and metrics.

Messages {#messages}

This page has no selected natural emitter or fixed child message for the umbrella code. Concrete backend paths in this batch report child SQLSTATEs such as 42501 or 42601; a client exception without a server SQLSTATE is not sufficient to claim 42000.

Representative case {#case}

This page has no selected natural SQL run. The fixed source boundary is recorded without a synthetic trigger.

Versions {#versions}

No natural SQL run is selected here. The fixed REL_18_6/REL_10_23 source boundary does not establish behavior for every intermediate release.

Related {#related}

Sources {#sources}

src.errcodes.18.6 — fixed errcodes.txt definition at commit 724edf9bde9d356724ad384a2e196edc3c9f80f7; SHA-256 6e8de346643ba84aa3c9c6a73360acfc7b2dfb89162c06c08ce9bf5bcd5bbcba (source).
src.calls.REL_18_6 / src.calls.REL_10_23 — fixed call scans, SHA-256 9ee8a0e81d8f0825c5c1ae45583439859a26e602bdd4ce2f2a62aa278867ccbf / 00d16d3eb01b71ccf1b245c8f3102f9d0ec9f36fb02777b8dd1b99fcb263040c.

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SQLSTATE evidence and recorded runtime versions

cases · syntax_access_rule_boundary

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  "case_id": "syntax_access_rule_boundary",
  "cleanup": "No database case resources are created.",
  "has_snippet": false,
  "position": 0,
  "preconditions": [
    "A fixed source scan is available."
  ],
  "repair": "Use the concrete child SQLSTATE and repair the syntax or access rule it identifies.",
  "trigger": "No artificial generic 42000 trigger is executed; concrete child paths are covered separately.",
  "versions": [
    "10",
    "18"
  ]
}

claims · identity.class-and-condition

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  "claim_id": "identity.class-and-condition",
  "limits": "Directory identity does not identify every backend path.",
  "method": "Read fixed errcodes.txt and the locked catalogue metadata.",
  "position": 0,
  "runtime": [],
  "sources": [
    "src.errcodes.18.6"
  ],
  "statement": "42000 is the syntax_error_or_access_rule_violation condition in Class 42."
}

claims · mechanism.source-boundary

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  "claim_id": "mechanism.source-boundary",
  "limits": "This is not observed natural SQLSTATE coverage.",
  "method": "Read fixed call scans and source notes.",
  "position": 1,
  "runtime": [],
  "sources": [
    "src.errcodes.18.6",
    "src.calls.REL_18_6",
    "src.calls.REL_10_23"
  ],
  "statement": "The fixed scans do not provide a generic natural SQL trigger selected for 42000; the page records its concrete source/definition boundary."
}

claims · versions.catalogue-boundary

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  "claim_id": "versions.catalogue-boundary",
  "limits": "Definition presence is not an exact behavioral introduction.",
  "method": "Read generated facts and selected summaries.",
  "position": 2,
  "runtime": [],
  "sources": [
    "src.errcodes.18.6",
    "src.calls.REL_18_6",
    "src.calls.REL_10_23"
  ],
  "statement": "The locked catalogue records 42000; runtime scope is limited to the selected targets."
}

sources · src.errcodes.18.6

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  "docs_url": "",
  "kind": "upstream_source",
  "location": "",
  "path": "src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt",
  "position": 0,
  "sha256": "6e8de346643ba84aa3c9c6a73360acfc7b2dfb89162c06c08ce9bf5bcd5bbcba",
  "source_id": "src.errcodes.18.6",
  "tag": "REL_18_6",
  "url": "https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/724edf9bde9d356724ad384a2e196edc3c9f80f7/src/backend/utils/errcodes.txt"
}

sources · src.calls.REL_18_6

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  "docs_url": "",
  "kind": "local_artifact",
  "location": "",
  "path": "raw/calls/REL_18_6.jsonl",
  "position": 1,
  "sha256": "9ee8a0e81d8f0825c5c1ae45583439859a26e602bdd4ce2f2a62aa278867ccbf",
  "source_id": "src.calls.REL_18_6",
  "tag": "",
  "url": ""
}

sources · src.calls.REL_10_23

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  "docs_url": "",
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  "location": "",
  "path": "raw/calls/REL_10_23.jsonl",
  "position": 2,
  "sha256": "00d16d3eb01b71ccf1b245c8f3102f9d0ec9f36fb02777b8dd1b99fcb263040c",
  "source_id": "src.calls.REL_10_23",
  "tag": "",
  "url": ""
}

sources · manifest.42000

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  "location": "",
  "path": "verify/cases/42000/cases.json",
  "position": 3,
  "sha256": "def2de2e8b6299498e2776fb6c6992a7aa44c147e2519413eb92ee780b7e094e",
  "source_id": "manifest.42000",
  "tag": "",
  "url": ""
}

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Definition sources

center · PostgreSQL 18 · english-manuals:e1fb2f40a32ef6662c4343a9486a15a073c61638904283999fd2dc847dc58a7d

Text language: en · english-manuals:e1fb2f40a32ef6662c4343a9486a15a073c61638904283999fd2dc847dc58a7d