On 2014-11-26 10:18:20 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Andres Freund (and...@2ndquadrant.com) wrote: > > I don't see how you read the contrary from the guidelines: > > > The primary message should be short, factual, and avoid reference to > > > implementation details such as specific function names. "Short" means > > > "should fit on one line under normal conditions". Use a detail message > > > if needed to keep the primary message short, or if you feel a need to > > > mention implementation details such as the particular system call that > > > failed. Both primary and detail messages should be factual. Use a hint > > > message for suggestions about what to do to fix the problem, especially > > > if the suggestion might not always be applicable. It's quite common > > > that you'll only see the actual error message in logs and displayed > > > error messages. > > Having to be the owner of a relation to TRUNCATE it was an > implementation detail, and one which changed back in 2008. > > Needing to have the replication role attribute is an implementation > detail. It's not the error- the error is *permission denied to do X*.
That's just plain absurd. If the user needs to explicitly configure that permission it's damned sure not just a implementation detail. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
