| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Franck Verrot <franck(at)verrot(dot)fr>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Mention column name in error messages |
| Date: | 2015-08-19 22:42:16 |
| Message-ID: | 24025.1440024136@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> The hints you add end in a new line, which then gives two new lines once
> they are emitted. This is contrary to how other HINTs are formatted.
> Other HINTs are complete sentences (start with a capital letter, end with a
> period).
> But I think these belong as CONTEXT or as DETAIL, not as HINT. The
> messages are giving me details about where (which column) the error
> occured, they aren't giving suggestions to me about what to do about it.
We have specific style guidelines about this:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/error-message-reporting.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/error-style-guide.html
regards, tom lane
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