Re: [GENERAL] RE: [HACKERS] error messages not only English

Peter T Mount <psqlhack@retep.org.uk> writes:
> In libpq, this could be added to PQerrorMessage(). This could attempt to
> get the native language error message from the DB, defaulting to either an
> english one, or just the error code (it would be a bad problem in this
> case).

Um.  libpq has its own error messages that it can generate --- the most
obvious ones being those about "failed to connect to postmaster"
and "lost connection to backend".  How is it supposed to get a localized
equivalent message from the server in cases like that?

Bear in mind that libpq may be executing on a remote machine, so
"have it read the error message file directly" is not a usable answer.

            regards, tom lane