>> Which appears to suggest that we should change the locale using >> putenv() etc, and not using setlocale() at all... Because setlocale() >> does not support LC_MESSAGES, probably. > >This cannot possibly work. putenv() doesn't change any locale. The >environment variables only serve as a default when you call >setlocale() >without an actual locale value. But to enable any locale, you always >need to call setlocale() somehow, somewhere.
That was my first thought, too. But it *does* appear to work. With this patch, I can change lc_messages from environment-before-startup, from postgresql.conf or using "set lc_messages='foo'". The only main thing I see as being wrong is that it cannot check if the specified messages were incorrect. If I literally set it to "foo", I get english without getting any error/warning. Clearly they don't just serve as defaults on win32. That's the only conclusion I can draw from the fact that this works, and from the questions in the FAQ referenced. See also for example http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2004-02/msg00091.html //Magnus ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
