diff --git a/src/include/port/win32.h b/src/include/port/win32.h index 75583d905a..0264ebc4fc 100644 --- a/src/include/port/win32.h +++ b/src/include/port/win32.h @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/win32.h,v 1.69 2007/01/23 03:28:49 momjian Exp $ */ +/* $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/port/win32.h,v 1.70 2007/01/23 16:21:17 momjian Exp $ */ #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__BORLANDC__) #define WIN32_ONLY_COMPILER @@ -140,6 +140,20 @@ int semop(int semId, struct sembuf * sops, int flag); * Descriptions - http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~wuyongzh/my_doc/ntstatus.txt * MS SDK - http://www.nologs.com/ntstatus.html * + * It seems the exception lists are in both ntstatus.h and winnt.h, but + * ntstatus.h has a more comprehensive list, and it only contains + * exception values, rather than winnt, which contains lots of other + * things: + * + * http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0197/exception/exception.aspx + * + * The ExceptionCode parameter is the number that the operating system + * assigned to the exception. You can see a list of various exception codes + * in WINNT.H by searching for #defines that start with "STATUS_". For + * example, the code for the all-too-familiar STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION is + * 0xC0000005. A more complete set of exception codes can be found in + * NTSTATUS.H from the Windows NT DDK. + * * Some day we might want to print descriptions for the most common * exceptions, rather than printing a URL. FormatMessage() can print * the text of error values, but not exception values.