X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22D04D1B965 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 22:12:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51856-06 for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 19:12:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (pop.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C4E0AD1B8BA for ; Wed, 3 Sep 2003 19:12:24 -0300 (ADT) Received: (qmail 4953 invoked by uid 65534); 3 Sep 2003 22:12:27 -0000 Received: from dsl-082-082-165-215.arcor-ip.net (EHLO dsl-082-082-165-215.arcor-ip.net) (82.82.165.215) by mail.gmx.net (mp005) with SMTP; 04 Sep 2003 00:12:27 +0200 Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 00:12:27 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Eisentraut X-X-Sender: peter@peter.localdomain To: Tom Lane Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Do we need "Diagnostics" sections of SQL command reference In-Reply-To: <13339.1061847470@sss.pgh.pa.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200309/12 X-Sequence-Number: 1968 Tom Lane writes: > 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. I am wondering if it wouldn't be better to just rip > out these sections entirely. I agree with ripping out the messages part, but it might be useful to show the completion tag somewhere, especially in cases where it contains additional information (e.g., UPDATE). -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net