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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2007-01-31 21:03:37 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2007-01-31 21:03:37 +0000
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Revert error message change for may/can/might --- needs discussion.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml4
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
index e225deb138d..b8dcace3143 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml,v 2.21 2007/01/31 20:56:19 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/sources.sgml,v 2.22 2007/01/31 21:03:37 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="source">
<title>PostgreSQL Coding Conventions</title>
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ereport(ERROR,
func_signature_string(funcname, nargs,
actual_arg_types)),
errhint("Unable to choose a best candidate function. "
- "You might need to add explicit typecasts.")));
+ "You may need to add explicit typecasts.")));
</programlisting>
This illustrates the use of format codes to embed run-time values into
a message text. Also, an optional <quote>hint</> message is provided.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml
index fe8163a74ea..3745b937f0c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml,v 1.49 2007/01/31 20:56:19 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/typeconv.sgml,v 1.50 2007/01/31 21:03:37 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="typeconv">
<title>Type Conversion</title>
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ try a similar case with <literal>~</>, we get:
SELECT ~ '20' AS "negation";
ERROR: operator is not unique: ~ "unknown"
-HINT: Could not choose a best candidate operator. You might need to add explicit
+HINT: Could not choose a best candidate operator. You may need to add explicit
type casts.
</screen>
This happens because the system can't decide which of the several