Tom Lane wrote: > Magnus Hagander <mag...@hagander.net> writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> Personally I think the naming decision is close enough to be a coin > >> toss, and so either choice is fine with me. However, I think it is > >> Clearly Unacceptable for createdb's switches to be spelled differently > >> than the underlying SQL command's options. So it's not really "let's > >> not change this" but "which one do you consider it more important to not > >> change"? > > > pgAdmin uses the SQL commands, not the external commands. IIRC the only > > external commands that are used are pg_dump[all], pg_restore, pg_ctl and > > initdb. Is initdb on the list of tools that might be changed? > > Hm, that's a good point. initdb has these switches (and has had 'em for > a good long time): > > --locale=LOCALE set default locale for new databases > --lc-collate=, --lc-ctype=, --lc-messages=LOCALE > --lc-monetary=, --lc-numeric=, --lc-time=LOCALE > set default locale in the respective category for > new databases (default taken from environment) > --no-locale equivalent to --locale=C > > So createdb is consistent with longstanding history in initdb, and > that seems to mean that we should leave it alone and change > CREATE DATABASE to match (modulo underscore instead of dash).
Agreed, I see them back to Postgres 8.0: 8.0/pgsql/src/bin/initdb/initdb.c: printf(_(" --lc-collate, --lc-ctype, --lc-messages=LOCALE\n" -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers