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

   Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> — 1998-05-26T19:59:57Z

   Peter T Mount <psqlhack@retep.org.uk> writes:
   > In libpq, this could be added to PQerrorMessage(). This could attempt to
   > get the native language error message from the DB, defaulting to either an
   > english one, or just the error code (it would be a bad problem in this
   > case).
   
   Um.  libpq has its own error messages that it can generate --- the most
   obvious ones being those about "failed to connect to postmaster"
   and "lost connection to backend".  How is it supposed to get a localized
   equivalent message from the server in cases like that?
   
   Bear in mind that libpq may be executing on a remote machine, so
   "have it read the error message file directly" is not a usable answer.
   
   			regards, tom lane
   
   

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

   Peter T Mount <psqlhack@retep.org.uk> — 1998-05-26T20:34:19Z

   On Tue, 26 May 1998, Tom Lane wrote:
   
   > Peter T Mount <psqlhack@retep.org.uk> writes:
   > > In libpq, this could be added to PQerrorMessage(). This could attempt to
   > > get the native language error message from the DB, defaulting to either an
   > > english one, or just the error code (it would be a bad problem in this
   > > case).
   > 
   > Um.  libpq has its own error messages that it can generate --- the most
   > obvious ones being those about "failed to connect to postmaster"
   > and "lost connection to backend".  How is it supposed to get a localized
   > equivalent message from the server in cases like that?
   > 
   > Bear in mind that libpq may be executing on a remote machine, so
   > "have it read the error message file directly" is not a usable answer.
   
   I'd think these would be ones where the current messages wouldn't be
   translated, simply because translation is not possible at those points.
   
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