make the error message when attempting to describe a column of unknow…

…n type more substantial
SOCI · Oct 2, 2012 · aa0af8a · aa0af8a
1 parent aa8a467
commit aa0af8a
Showing 1 changed file with 6 additions and 1 deletion.
diff --git a/src/backends/postgresql/statement.cpp b/src/backends/postgresql/statement.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,12 @@ void postgresql_statement_backend::describe_column(int colNum, data_type & type,
         break;
 
     default:
-         throw soci_error("Unknown data type.");
+    {
+        std::stringstream message;
+        message << "unknown data type with typelem: " << typeOid << " for colNum: " << colNum << " with name: " << PQfname(result_, pos);
+        throw soci_error(message.str());
+
+    }
     }
 
     columnName = PQfname(result_, pos);