Re: Quoting of psql \d output - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Quoting of psql \d output
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Msg-id 3061.62.158.112.252.1072368768.squirrel@new.host.name
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In response to Re: Quoting of psql \d output  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
Responses Re: Quoting of psql \d output  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Christopher Kings-Lynne writes:
>>>While you're at it - use the same sort of code to conditionally quote
>>> index, rule and constraint names ...
>>
>>
>> That makes you part of the problem, because these sections are
>> impossible to translate correctly.
>
> Now you've lost me - how is a user-inputted object name translatable?

Not all languages use "..." as quote symbols, but if you make them part of
some string that comes from the backend, it becomes prohibitively hard to
translate it correctly.




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