| From: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> |
| Cc: | "Patches" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Show encoding in initdb messages |
| Date: | 2004-06-21 14:55:54 |
| Message-ID: | 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE34BD0B@algol.sollentuna.se |
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> > The reason it will help with support is because newbies will go
> > "SQL_ASCII! I don't want ascii!".
>
> No they won't. They will likely not even notice this message
> in the sea of other messages they've never seen before; and
> even if they do notice it, they will certainly not realize
> that they don't want it. If the message were to *say* "this
> is probably a bad choice because it's incompatible with your
> locale selection", then it might possibly have the effect
> you're hoping for, but I don't see how we can find that out.
Another way would be to make -E a mandatory parameter, and remove the
default completely. That way you have to make a conscious decision.
Can't claim surprise then.
//Magnus
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