| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Potential to_char localization bug |
| Date: | 2006-11-27 20:16:49 |
| Message-ID: | 20061127201649.GM9324@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Dennis Bjorklund wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut skrev:
> > > case 4:
> > > m = _("May");
> > > break;
> > >
> > >
> > > Haven't thought of a fix yet.
> >
> > A common way is to use something of the form
> >
> > m = _("S:May") + 2;
> >
> > and a comment above (that is copied to the .po file) explaining that the
> > S: should be in the translated string as well.
>
> OK, I am ready to admit I am lost. What is the problem here?
The problem is that "May" is both a month name, and the shorthand for a
month name. So there is no way to determine which is which for the
translation machinery. (Incidentally I noticed that what I proposed
doesn't fix the problem, in fact it doesn't work at all).
--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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