Re: Small request re error message

In response to Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>:

> Scott Ribe wrote:
> > Could the below message be modified:
> >
> > The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 906166272, but
> > the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 822.
> >
> > By also showing the version numbers in hex, like so:
> >
> > The database cluster was initialized with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 906166272
> > (0x36030000), but the server was compiled with PG_CONTROL_VERSION 822
> > (0x00000336).
> >
> > This would have saved me a couple of minutes' worth of puzzlement. With Macs
> > out there that look identical between the PPC and x86 versions, this kind of
> > error has gotten a lot easier to make ;-)
>
> I don't understand how the hex values help.

With the hex values, it becomes immediately obvious that the problem is
caused by endianess (to me, anyway)

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Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.