Re: [HACKERS] error messages not only English

On Fri, 22 May 1998, Andreas Zeugswetter wrote:

> > That sounds like a good idea.
> >
> > How about having them stored in a new system table (say pg_errormsg) which
> > contains each possible error in all the supported languages.
>
> While this sounds good for end users, it is an absolute nightmare for somebody trying to
> give support. Or what would you do if someone told you:
> I get:
>     FEHLER: Des vastehts ihr nie, weu des Wiena Dialekt is.
> and now my program won't respond anymore.
>
> Anyway, we are still missing the first step in this direction: enumerate ERROR messages.
>
We can have both of them for example:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
     err no.   message
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ERROR  #342 - "Column number too big"                     -- English
ERROR  #342 - "Numero de columna demasiado alto"          -- Spanish
FEHLER #342 - "Die Spaltennummer ist zu gross"            -- German
ERRO   #342 - "Numero de coluna alto demais"              -- Portuguese
ERRORE #342 - "Numero di colonna troppo alto"             -- Italian
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                                                            Ciao, Jose'