22000ERRORTier 2 — Caution✅ HIGH confidencedata exception
Category: Data ExceptionVersions: All Postgres versions
What this means
SQLSTATE 22000 is the generic data exception code. It is raised when an error related to data values occurs that does not map to a more specific 22xxx subcode. Check the error detail message for the actual cause.
Why it happens
- 1Data value is invalid for the operation or target type, without a more specific 22xxx code applying
How to reproduce
Generic data validation failure.
trigger — this will ERROR
ERROR: data exception
Fix 1: Inspect the error DETAIL and HINT for the specific data issue
When 22000 appears in application logs.
fix
Why this works
Postgres always includes a detail message with 22000. Read it to find the actual problematic value and column, then apply data cleaning or schema correction.
Sources
📚 Official docs: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/errcodes-appendix.html
🔧 Source ref: Class 22 — Data Exception
Confidence assessment
✅ HIGH confidence
Standard SQLSTATE generic data exception. Stable across all versions.
See also
🔗 Related errors
📄 Reference pages
Data Types
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