From 8b4ff8b6a14096a28910fbff3d485f30dcb9a637 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 19:10:30 +0000 Subject: Wording cleanup for error messages. Also change can't -> cannot. Standard English uses "may", "can", and "might" in different ways: may - permission, "You may borrow my rake." can - ability, "I can lift that log." might - possibility, "It might rain today." Unfortunately, in conversational English, their use is often mixed, as in, "You may use this variable to do X", when in fact, "can" is a better choice. Similarly, "It may crash" is better stated, "It might crash". --- src/backend/parser/parse_func.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/backend/parser/parse_func.c') diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c index bbe2bc85705..888dc200d1f 100644 --- a/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c +++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c,v 1.193 2007/01/31 21:03:37 momjian Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_func.c,v 1.194 2007/02/01 19:10:27 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate, List *funcname, List *fargs, func_signature_string(funcname, nargs, actual_arg_types)), errhint("Could not choose a best candidate function. " - "You may need to add explicit type casts."), + "You might need to add explicit type casts."), parser_errposition(pstate, location))); else ereport(ERROR, @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate, List *funcname, List *fargs, func_signature_string(funcname, nargs, actual_arg_types)), errhint("No function matches the given name and argument types. " - "You may need to add explicit type casts."), + "You might need to add explicit type casts."), parser_errposition(pstate, location))); } @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ ParseFuncOrColumn(ParseState *pstate, List *funcname, List *fargs, if (retset) ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_FUNCTION_DEFINITION), - errmsg("aggregates may not return sets"), + errmsg("aggregates cannot return sets"), parser_errposition(pstate, location))); } -- cgit v1.2.3