Re: Making error message more user-friendly with spaces in a URI

On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 01:09:12AM +0900, Fujii Masao wrote:
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> On 2024/10/31 10:22, Yushi Ogiwara wrote:
> > Hi,
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> > I made a patch to make the error message more user-friendly when using a URI to connect a database with psql.
> >
> > Current Error Message:
> >
> > $ psql "postgres://localhost:5432/postgres?application_name=a b"
> > psql: error: trailing data found: "a b"
> >
> > Currently, if spaces exist in the URI, psql displays this generic error message.
> >
> > New Error Message (with patch):
> >
> > psql: error: found unexpected spaces: “a b“. Did you forget to percent-encode spaces?
> >
> > This revised message is clearer and more concise, guiding users to check for encoding issues.
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> I agree the error message could be improved.
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> The phrasing "Did you forget" feels a bit indirect to me.
> How about using something clearer and more direct instead?
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> psql: error: unexpected spaces found "a b", use percent-encoded spaces instead
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+1

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