Re: [GENERAL] RE: [HACKERS] error messages not only English - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [GENERAL] RE: [HACKERS] error messages not only English
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Msg-id 11066.896212797@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [GENERAL] RE: [HACKERS] error messages not only English  (Peter T Mount <psqlhack@retep.org.uk>)
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Peter T Mount <psqlhack@retep.org.uk> writes:
> In libpq, this could be added to PQerrorMessage(). This could attempt to
> get the native language error message from the DB, defaulting to either an
> english one, or just the error code (it would be a bad problem in this
> case).

Um.  libpq has its own error messages that it can generate --- the most
obvious ones being those about "failed to connect to postmaster"
and "lost connection to backend".  How is it supposed to get a localized
equivalent message from the server in cases like that?

Bear in mind that libpq may be executing on a remote machine, so
"have it read the error message file directly" is not a usable answer.

            regards, tom lane

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