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-rw-r--r--src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp12
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());