From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>,
        PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: CREATE STATISTICS documentation bug
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Comments: In-reply-to Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
	message dated "Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:25:07 -0400"
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Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:48:35 -0400
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 2019-Jun-14, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>>> P.S. I think the fact that we print "psql: " before the ERROR here is
>>> useless clutter.  We didn't do that in v11 and prior and I think we
>>> should kill it with fire.

>> Agreed, particularly seeing that the error is not originating with
>> psql; it's just passing it on.

> +1

> Proposal: each program declares at startup whether it wants the program
> name prefix or not.

Well, to clarify: I think it's reasonable to include "psql: " if the
message is originating in psql.  So I don't think your idea quite
does what we want.

			regards, tom lane