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42000 — syntax_error_or_access_rule_violation

PostgreSQL SQLSTATE 42000: syntax_error_or_access_rule_violation, source-backed diagnosis and recovery guidance.

42000

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.

Field Value
SQLSTATE 42000
Condition syntax_error_or_access_rule_violation
Status active
Known present by 7.4
Locked snapshots 9.0.23, 9.1.24, 9.2.24, 9.3.25, 9.4.26, 9.5.25, 9.6.24, 10.23, 11.22, 12.22, 13.23, 14.24, 15.19, 16.15, 17.11, 18.6, 19beta3
Macros ERRCODE_SYNTAX_ERROR_OR_ACCESS_RULE_VIOLATION
Aliases

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.