14.3.3. Errors in Page Procedures
VSP pages can declare handlers for errors using the normal handler declaration or whenever ... goto construct. Any unhandled error causes the procedure to be terminated and the error message to be sent to the HTTP client instead of the output. Because terminating the page output at an arbitrary point would probably result in not well formed output all the output up to the point of the error is discarded.
If the SQL state signalled with the error is VSPRT the output generated up to the point where the error was signalled is sent as such to the user agent. This special SQL state is useful together with the http_rewrite function for things like sending a redirect based on a condition detected in the middle of page processing. The http_rewrite function will clear all output buffered so far and signaling VSPRT will make sure that whatever output is generated after http_rewrite goes unmodified to the user agent.