Re: Small request re error message

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)killerbytes(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Small request re error message
Date: 2007-02-16 21:43:36
Message-ID: 200702162143.l1GLhaq17723@momjian.us
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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.

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