Re: [GENERAL] RE: [HACKERS] error messages not only English

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: scrappy(at)hub(dot)org (The Hermit Hacker)
Cc: vadim(at)krs(dot)ru, peter(at)maidstone(dot)gov(dot)uk, sferac(at)bo(dot)nettuno(dot)it, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] RE: [HACKERS] error messages not only English
Date: 1998-05-26 16:11:48
Message-ID: 199805261611.MAA13268@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Hrmmm...one thing to note with any of this is that by 'hardcoding'
> in the errormsg itself, it makes it difficult to 'internationalize' a
> program...in that I can't run a single server on my machine that can
> easily deal with a 'French' customer vs an 'English' one, vs a 'Japanese'
> one...I'd have to recompile for each.
>
> Vadim's other point, about putting this in the front end vs the
> backend, I think, is more appropriate, that way it is application specific
> vs server...

They could be over-ridden by any postgres backend. I would recommend
the postmaster loading in the default, and any backend can change it.
Have to get the exec() removed first.

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