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diff --git a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_App_A.xml b/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_App_A.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 62dbffa14a..0000000000 --- a/lib/mnesia/doc/src/Mnesia_App_A.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,87 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> -<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> - -<chapter> - <header> - <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2013</year> - <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> - </copyright> - <legalnotice> - The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, - Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in - compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the - Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be - retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. - - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" - basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See - the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations - under the License. - - </legalnotice> - - <title>Appendix A: Mnesia Error Messages</title> - <prepared>Claes Wikström, Hans Nilsson and Håkan Mattsson</prepared> - <responsible>Bjarne Däcker</responsible> - <docno></docno> - <approved>Bjarne Däcker</approved> - <checked>Bjarne Däcker</checked> - <date>96-11-20</date> - <rev>B</rev> - <file>Mnesia_App_A.xml</file> - </header> - <p>Whenever an operation returns an error in Mnesia, a description - of the error is available. For example, the functions - <c>mnesia:transaction(Fun)</c>, or <c>mnesia:create_table(N,L)</c> - may return the tuple <c>{aborted, Reason}</c>, where <c>Reason</c> - is a term describing the error. The following function is used to - retrieve more detailed information about the error: - </p> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item><c>mnesia:error_description(Error)</c></item> - </list> - - <section> - <title>Errors in Mnesia</title> - <p>The following is a list of valid errors in Mnesia.</p> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item><c>badarg</c>. Bad or invalid argument, possibly bad type. - </item> - <item><c>no_transaction</c>. Operation not allowed outside transactions. - </item> - <item><c>combine_error</c>. Table options were illegally combined. - </item> - <item><c>bad_index</c>. Index already exists, or was out of bounds. - </item> - <item><c>already_exists</c>. Schema option to be activated is already on. - </item> - <item><c>index_exists</c>. Some operations cannot be performed on tables with an index. - </item> - <item><c>no_exists</c>.; Tried to perform operation on non-existing (non-alive) item. - </item> - <item><c>system_limit</c>.; A system limit was exhausted. - </item> - <item><c>mnesia_down</c>. A transaction involves records on a - remote node which became unavailable before the transaction - was completed. Record(s) are no longer available elsewhere in - the network.</item> - <item><c>not_a_db_node</c>. A node was mentioned which does not exist in the schema.</item> - <item><c>bad_type</c>.; Bad type specified in argument.</item> - <item><c>node_not_running</c>. Node is not running.</item> - <item><c>truncated_binary_file</c>. Truncated binary in file.</item> - <item><c>active</c>. Some delete operations require that all active records are removed.</item> - <item><c>illegal</c>. Operation not supported on this record.</item> - </list> - <p>The following example illustrates a function which returns an error, and the method to retrieve more detailed error information. - </p> - <p>The function <c>mnesia:create_table(bar, [{attributes, 3.14}])</c> will return the tuple <c>{aborted,Reason}</c>, where <c>Reason</c> is the tuple - <c>{bad_type,bar,3.14000}</c>. - </p> - <p>The function <c>mnesia:error_description(Reason)</c>, returns the term - <c>{"Bad type on some provided arguments",bar,3.14000}</c> which is an error - description suitable - for display.</p> - </section> -</chapter> - |