a message text. Also, an optional <quote>hint</> message is provided.

</para>

<para>

If the severity level is <literal>ERROR</> or higher,

<function>ereport</> aborts the execution of the user-defined

function and does not return to the caller. If the severity level is

lower than <literal>ERROR</>, <function>ereport</> returns normally.

</para>

<para>

The available auxiliary routines for <function>ereport</> are:

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