Clearup documentation on locale and error messages
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Key: DERBY-3179
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3179
Project: Derby
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Documentation
Reporter: Laura Stewart
Assignee: Laura Stewart
Priority: Minor
Mamta A. Satoor - 26/Oct/07 09:36 AM
Laura, I looked at the cdevin55108.html page and I have to admit that the
contents of it look confusing to me. The html seems to be giving contradictory
information. May be someone who knows more about tools, error messages and how
they are related to locale can help us determine the right content but I
thought I will bring to the list's attention.
The page says that "For example, Derby explicitly supports Spanish-language
error messages. If a database's locale is set to one of the Spanish-language
locales, Derby returns error messages in the Spanish language." So this seems
to indicate that locale of the database will determine the language of the
error messages. But the line below seems to say that locale of the database has
nothing to do with language of the error messages. "The locale of the database
is set by the territory=ll_CC attribute when the database is created. However,
**the locale of the error messages and tools is not determined by the locale of
the database**. The locale of the error messages and tools is determined by the
default system locale. This means that it is possible to create a database with
a non-default locale. In such a case, error messages are not returned in the
language of the locale of the database but are returned in the language of the
default locale instead."
Sorry, at this point, I do not know enough about how tools and error messages
work in Derby to tell you what is the right content for cdevin55108.html. I am
hoping someone who knows more about this can help us.
Mamta A. Satoor - 26/Oct/07 09:36 AM Laura, I looked at the cdevin55108.html
page and I have to admit that the contents of it look confusing to me. The html
seems to be giving contradictory information. May be someone who knows more
about tools, error messages and how they are related to locale can help us
determine the right content but I thought I will bring to the list's attention.
The page says that "For example, Derby explicitly supports Spanish-language
error messages. If a database's locale is set to one of the Spanish-language
locales, Derby returns error messages in the Spanish language." So this seems
to indicate that locale of the database will determine the language of the
error messages. But the line below seems to say that locale of the database has
nothing to do with language of the error messages. "The locale of the database
is set by the territory=ll_CC attribute when the database is created. However,
**the locale of the error messages and tools is not determined by the locale of
the database**. The locale of the error messages and tools is determined by the
default system locale. This means that it is possible to create a database with
a non-default locale. In such a case, error messages are not returned in the
language of the locale of the database but are returned in the language of the
default locale instead." Sorry, at this point, I do not know enough about how
tools and error messages work in Derby to tell you what is the right content
for cdevin55108.html. I am hoping someone who knows more about this can help
us.
[ Permlink | Edit | Delete | « Hide ] Laura Stewart - 29/Oct/07 02:20 PM
Mamta - I have asked on derby-dev about file cdevin55108.html. I suspect that
Derby does not display the error messages in another language unless when IBM
donated the code for Cloudscape, the error messages had been translated into
other languges... any new messages since then will not appear in the locale
language. However, there may be some kind of locale translator that is built
in, which I am not aware off...
If we don't get a response in the next few days, I would like to commit the
changes to the other files and open a separate issue for this one file. What do
you think?
[ Show » ] Laura Stewart - 29/Oct/07 02:20 PM Mamta - I have asked on derby-dev
about file cdevin55108.html. I suspect that Derby does not display the error
messages in another language unless when IBM donated the code for Cloudscape,
the error messages had been translated into other languges... any new messages
since then will not appear in the locale language. However, there may be some
kind of locale translator that is built in, which I am not aware off...
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