On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:38 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> It seems odd to require a dummy ELSE clause that does nothing just to
>> avoid having an exception thrown, but I'm not sure what else to make
>> of the quoted portion of the spec. What do you think it's saying?
>
> I concur that we seem to be implementing the behavior the spec requires.
>
ok. it's seems it means what we have... remember english is not my
mother tongue ;)
and Oracle seems to be doing the same:
http://www.oracle.com/technology/sample_code/tech/pl_sql/htdocs/x/Case/start.htm
> As for the spelling of the error message, I don't believe that the spec
> intends to mandate any particular spelling of the text, only the value
> of the SQLSTATE code. Were this not so, any translation of error
> messages would be a spec violation all by itself.
>
well actually i get here when translating the plpgsql messages and
found very strange a message like "case not found", and as a last
argument (a weak one, i have to admit) i will say that the hint could
be innecesary if we use the same message the spec is suggesting... but
i won't die for this, so...
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Atentamente,
Jaime Casanova
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Asesoría y desarrollo de sistemas
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