Re: Quoting of psql \d output

From: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Quoting of psql \d output
Date: 2003-12-25 16:12:48
Message-ID: 3061.62.158.112.252.1072368768.squirrel@new.host.name
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Christopher Kings-Lynne writes:
>>>While you're at it - use the same sort of code to conditionally quote
>>> index, rule and constraint names ...
>>
>>
>> That makes you part of the problem, because these sections are
>> impossible to translate correctly.
>
> Now you've lost me - how is a user-inputted object name translatable?

Not all languages use "..." as quote symbols, but if you make them part of
some string that comes from the backend, it becomes prohibitively hard to
translate it correctly.

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