On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 17:58, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > > This looks reasonable to me, except that possibly the new error message > > text could do with a bit more thought. It seems randomly unlike the > > normal message, and I also have a bit of logical difficulty with the > > wording equating a "column" with a "column name". The wording that > > is in use in the existing CREATE TABLE case is > > > > column name \"%s\" conflicts with a system column name > > > > We could do worse than to use that verbatim, so as to avoid introducing > > a new translatable string. Another possibility is > > > > column \"%s\" of relation \"%s\" already exists as a system column > > > > Or we could keep the primary errmsg the same as it is for a normal > > column and instead add a DETAIL explaining that this is a system column. > > I intended for the message to match the CREATE TABLE case. I think it > does, except I see now that Vik's patch left out the word "name" where > the original string has it. So I'll vote in favor of your first > option, above, since that's what I intended anyway. > My intention was to replicate the CREATE TABLE message; I'm not sure how I failed on that particular point. Thank you guys for noticing and fixing it (along with all the other corrections).