Re: Error message style guide, take 2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kevin Brown <kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Error message style guide, take 2
Date: 2003-05-16 21:45:22
Message-ID: 218.1053121522@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Kevin Brown <kevin(at)sysexperts(dot)com> writes:
> Dann Corbit wrote:
>> I really like the way the RDB and VMS log error messages.

> I'm very much in agreement here. In addition to the advantages listed
> above, this scheme is vastly superior to simply issuing error numbers
> because the reader can at least get an idea of what the error itself
> actually is even if he doesn't have the detail text associated with
> the error.

I didn't actually see anything to it except for a very ugly spelling of
ERROR:, NOTICE:, WARNING:, etc. What exactly is there in their scheme
that you can't do as well or better with our existing practices?

regards, tom lane

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