HV00DERRORTier 2 — Caution✅ HIGH confidencefdw_invalid_option_name
Category: Foreign Data Wrapper ErrorVersions: PostgreSQL 9.1+
What this means
An unrecognised option name was provided when creating or altering a foreign server, user mapping, or foreign table for a specific FDW.
Why it happens
- 1Option name is misspelled or does not exist for this FDW
- 2Option is valid for a different FDW but not the one in use
- 3FDW was upgraded and the option name changed
How to reproduce
CREATE SERVER, CREATE USER MAPPING, CREATE FOREIGN TABLE, or ALTER equivalents
trigger — this will ERROR
CREATE SERVER myserver FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER postgres_fdw OPTIONS (timeout '5000');ERROR: HV00D: fdw_invalid_option_name
Fix 1: Check valid options for the FDW
Unsure which option names are valid
fix
SELECT * FROM pg_options_to_table((SELECT srvoptions FROM pg_foreign_server WHERE srvname = 'myserver'));Why this works
Use documented FDW option names; for postgres_fdw see the official docs
What not to do
✗
Do not guess option names
Why it's wrong: Each FDW has its own set of valid option names defined in its validator function
Sources
📚 Official docs: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/postgres-fdw.html
🔧 Source ref: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/errcodes-appendix.html
Confidence assessment
✅ HIGH confidence
Standard FDW error code from official PostgreSQL appendix.
See also
🔗 Related errors
📄 Reference pages
postgres_fdw documentation
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