| From: | Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net> |
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| To: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: improve CREATE EXTENSION error message |
| Date: | 2021-11-29 21:37:30 |
| Message-ID: | 61A5481A.1010902@anastigmatix.net |
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On 11/29/21 16:31, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> That's a good point, the hint is targeting users who might not even know that
> an extension needs to be physically and separately installed on the machine
> before it can be installed in their database; so maybe using "installed" here
> isn't entirely helpful at all. That being said I'm at a loss for a more
> suitable word, "available" perhaps?
Maybe a larger break with the "This means the extension something something"
formulation, and more on the lines of
HINT: an extension must first be present (for example, installed with a
package manager) on the system where PostgreSQL is running.
Regards,
-Chap
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