Catching errors in SQL xlat queries

[Matthew Newton]

On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 09:13:51PM -0400, Arran Cudbard-Bell wrote:
> What could we usefully do with a failing string expansion?  I
> guess if it's in an update block and we make updates atomic,
> then the whole update block could fail.
> 
> If it's a module configuration item the module could fail...
> 
> Conditions are weird though.

Seems like a nasty hack, but create "xlat-Failure := <something>"?

I don't like it, but it's one way...

Matthew


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