On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > >> It seems odd to require a dummy ELSE clause that does nothing just to >> avoid having an exception thrown, but I'm not sure what else to make >> of the quoted portion of the spec. What do you think it's saying? > > I concur that we seem to be implementing the behavior the spec requires. >
ok. it's seems it means what we have... remember english is not my mother tongue ;) and Oracle seems to be doing the same: http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/pl_sql/htdocs/x/Case/start.htm > As for the spelling of the error message, I don't believe that the spec > intends to mandate any particular spelling of the text, only the value > of the SQLSTATE code. Were this not so, any translation of error > messages would be a spec violation all by itself. > well actually i get here when translating the plpgsql messages and found very strange a message like "case not found", and as a last argument (a weak one, i have to admit) i will say that the hint could be innecesary if we use the same message the spec is suggesting... but i won't die for this, so... -- Atentamente, Jaime Casanova Soporte y capacitación de PostgreSQL Asesoría y desarrollo de sistemas Guayaquil - Ecuador Cel. +59387171157 -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
