From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 09:19:36 -0400
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Subject: Re: Do we need "Diagnostics" sections of SQL command reference pages?
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On 26 Aug 2003 at 9:14, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> writes:
> > On 25 Aug 2003 at 17:37, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> I'm starting to look at updating the docs to match 7.4 error message
> >> spellings.  I find that a large part of the work I'll have to do is in
> >> updating the "Diagnostics" (formerly "Outputs") section of the command
> >> reference pages.
> 
> > Do you have a URL for that.
> 
> Any of the SQL command reference pages, eg
> http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/sql-createdatabase.html

Thanks.  I was looking for a single section.

The value I see in those message is it gives the reader more 
information about what can go wrong.  The above example shows that 
you cannot use "create database" within a transaction.

Also, the information under "ERROR: Could not initialize database 
directory." is pretty good.
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Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/