[qa] Remove misleading "errorString syntax"

Github-Pull: #7801
Rebased-From: ffff866da83209dcaa463d8b9539d3f539f83a97

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/rawtransactions.py b/qa/rpc-tests/rawtransactions.py
index b76cc1f580..e38ef6c8b1 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/rawtransactions.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/rawtransactions.py
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ class RawTransactionsTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         rawtx   = self.nodes[2].createrawtransaction(inputs, outputs)
         rawtx   = self.nodes[2].signrawtransaction(rawtx)
 
-        errorString = ""
         try:
             rawtx   = self.nodes[2].sendrawtransaction(rawtx['hex'])
         except JSONRPCException as e:
-            errorString = e.error['message']
+            assert("Missing inputs" in e.error['message'])
+        else:
+            assert(False)
 
-        assert("Missing inputs" in errorString)
 
         #########################
         # RAW TX MULTISIG TESTS #
diff --git a/qa/rpc-tests/wallet.py b/qa/rpc-tests/wallet.py
index e9748208ce..3cf0261f13 100755
--- a/qa/rpc-tests/wallet.py
+++ b/qa/rpc-tests/wallet.py
@@ -246,22 +246,20 @@ class WalletTest (BitcoinTestFramework):
         txObj = self.nodes[0].gettransaction(txId)
         assert_equal(txObj['amount'], Decimal('-0.0001'))
 
-        #this should fail
-        errorString = ""
         try:
             txId  = self.nodes[0].sendtoaddress(self.nodes[2].getnewaddress(), "1f-4")
         except JSONRPCException as e:
-            errorString = e.error['message']
+            assert("Invalid amount" in e.error['message'])
+        else:
+            raise AssertionError("Must not parse invalid amounts")
 
-        assert("Invalid amount" in errorString)
 
-        errorString = ""
         try:
-            self.nodes[0].generate("2") #use a string to as block amount parameter must fail because it's not interpreted as amount
+            self.nodes[0].generate("2")
+            raise AssertionError("Must not accept strings as numeric")
         except JSONRPCException as e:
-            errorString = e.error['message']
+            assert("not an integer" in e.error['message'])
 
-        assert("not an integer" in errorString)
 
         #check if wallet or blochchain maintenance changes the balance
         self.sync_all()