• during content generation, exceptions may be raised
  • all exceptions are caught implicitely and undefined (the empty result) is returned
  • queries can detect this and provide alternative behavior (exception handling
.....return
  some_function_which_may_crash()
or else
  "currently our Windows server went up in smoke"
  • any number of these clauses can appear in a return clause
  • they are executed in a cascade, in text order