Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Simon Riggs wrote: >> I think you should lose the "The", if nothing else. Most Postgres >> messages I recall say "return code = xx" not "The return code ..."
> Right, that's because they are in errmessage() and not errdetail(). The > guidelines are different. Right --- errdetail is supposed to be a complete sentence. (The rationale for that is explained in TFM.) I do find the current phrasing a bit awkward, though; what's bugging me is putting quotes around the command string. It seems highly likely that the command string will itself contain quotes and thus that the added quotes will be confusing. I wonder if it'd be OK to do The failed archive command was: %s which is stretching the style guidelines by omitting a trailing period, but I think that might be justifiable in this context. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate