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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2007-02-01 19:10:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2007-02-01 19:10:30 +0000 |
| commit | 8b4ff8b6a14096a28910fbff3d485f30dcb9a637 (patch) | |
| tree | c250f17f4a8e3bfee442970a0666431ed8310650 /src/backend/catalog/dependency.c | |
| parent | baaec74c5a953032049015883802660edd821cac (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-8b4ff8b6a14096a28910fbff3d485f30dcb9a637.tar.gz | |
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".
Diffstat (limited to 'src/backend/catalog/dependency.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/catalog/dependency.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c b/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c index 639bfc2169..2041125d4d 100644 --- a/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c +++ b/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c,v 1.62 2007/01/05 22:19:24 momjian Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c,v 1.63 2007/02/01 19:10:25 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ recursiveDeletion(const ObjectAddress *object, (errcode(ERRCODE_DEPENDENT_OBJECTS_STILL_EXIST), errmsg("cannot drop %s because %s requires it", objDescription, otherObjDesc), - errhint("You may drop %s instead.", + errhint("You can drop %s instead.", otherObjDesc))); } |