From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Error messages --- now that we've got it, do you like |
Date: | 2003-07-20 22:56:53 |
Message-ID: | 200307202256.h6KMurG27881@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> VERBOSE doesn't seem like the right name for the \set parameter. I
> consider VERBOSE to be a possible value for error verbosity. Saying
> '\set VERBOSE terse' seems like an contradiction.
>
> Should we call it VERBOSITY, or something else? Seems 'error' or 'err'
> or 'message' should be in there somewhere too.
>
> Here is a good example of the problem:
>
> > regression=# \set VERBOSE verbose
> > regression=# \set VERBOSE default
> > regression=# \set VERBOSE terse
>
> That is just confusing. It is the parameter name and a possible value.
>
> How about MESSOUTPUT or ERROUTPUT? Both look ugly, though.
OK, if people like VERBOSITY, I wonder if the values should be more like
a tunable parameter, rather than a behavior, meaning VERBOSITY would
have values like off/default/full, or minimum/default/maximum.
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