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diff --git a/docs/ref/exceptions.txt b/docs/ref/exceptions.txt index 6a5e6f49d5..b15bbea8fa 100644 --- a/docs/ref/exceptions.txt +++ b/docs/ref/exceptions.txt @@ -152,10 +152,16 @@ The Django wrappers for database exceptions behave exactly the same as the underlying database exceptions. See :pep:`249`, the Python Database API Specification v2.0, for further information. +As per :pep:`3134`, a ``__cause__`` attribute is set with the original +(underlying) database exception, allowing access to any additional +information provided. (Note that this attribute is available under +both Python 2 and Python 3, although :pep:`3134` normally only applies +to Python 3.) + .. versionchanged:: 1.6 Previous version of Django only wrapped ``DatabaseError`` and - ``IntegrityError``. + ``IntegrityError``, and did not provide ``__cause__``. .. exception:: models.ProtectedError |