Re: client_lc_messages

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> So we'd go with a single setting to define language, which would be the
> current lc_messages, and two new settings, say translate_log_messages
> and translate_client_messages, the latter being USERSET.

> Does that sound reasonable?

How do we get to the point where individual users can choose their
message language, though? If LC_MESSAGES stays as SUSET then you
haven't really made matters better for anybody.

With the above infrastructure, we could get there if there were a way to
say "LC_MESSAGES is USERSET if translate_log_messages is OFF", but there
isn't and I doubt it would be a good idea to try to make it work like
that.

Maybe we should stick to the original design and just document that
you'll take a big performance hit if the settings are different and
both not "C". And of course make sure we avoid the performance hit
otherwise.

regards, tom lane