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| -rw-r--r-- | src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp index 4996eb2a69..f328543323 100644 --- a/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp +++ b/src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp @@ -128,9 +128,11 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request) if (request.fHelp || request.params.size() < 1 || request.params.size() > 2) throw runtime_error( "getrawtransaction \"txid\" ( verbose )\n" - "\nNOTE: By default this function only works sometimes. This is when the tx is in the mempool\n" - "or there is an unspent output in the utxo for this transaction. To make it always work,\n" - "you need to maintain a transaction index, using the -txindex command line option.\n" + + "\nNOTE: By default this function only works for mempool transactions. If the -txindex option is\n" + "enabled, it also works for blockchain transactions.\n" + "DEPRECATED: for now, it also works for transactions with unspent outputs.\n" + "\nReturn the raw transaction data.\n" "\nIf verbose is 'true', returns an Object with information about 'txid'.\n" "If verbose is 'false' or omitted, returns a string that is serialized, hex-encoded data for 'txid'.\n" @@ -218,7 +220,9 @@ UniValue getrawtransaction(const JSONRPCRequest& request) CTransactionRef tx; uint256 hashBlock; if (!GetTransaction(hash, tx, Params().GetConsensus(), hashBlock, true)) - throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, "No information available about transaction"); + throw JSONRPCError(RPC_INVALID_ADDRESS_OR_KEY, std::string(fTxIndex ? "No such mempool or blockchain transaction" + : "No such mempool transaction. Use -txindex to enable blockchain transaction queries") + + ". Use gettransaction for wallet transactions."); string strHex = EncodeHexTx(*tx, RPCSerializationFlags()); |