Jeff Janes <jeff.ja...@gmail.com> writes: > The hints you add end in a new line, which then gives two new lines once > they are emitted. This is contrary to how other HINTs are formatted. > Other HINTs are complete sentences (start with a capital letter, end with a > period). > But I think these belong as CONTEXT or as DETAIL, not as HINT. The > messages are giving me details about where (which column) the error > occured, they aren't giving suggestions to me about what to do about it.
We have specific style guidelines about this: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/error-message-reporting.html http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/error-style-guide.html regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers