On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Valentine Gogichashvili <val...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Has anyone else ever found this error message confusing: >> ERROR: 22021: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xdb24 >> I think what is really meant is better expressed like this: >> ERROR: 22021: invalid byte sequence for encoding "UTF8": 0xdb 0x24 >> Otherwise it looks like a codepoint or a 16-bit word (endianness?) or >> who knows what. > > Talking about this error, I find the lack of context in this error message > more confusing... relative position or surrounding charachters would be > really helpful, when searching for a problem with encoding...
+1. Twiddling with the exact wording of the error message doesn't seem likely to make a huge difference in terms of usability, but providing some more context would be *really* helpful. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
