On 03/13/2014 04:07 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2014-03-12 13:34:47 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> On 03/12/2014 12:34 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>>>>> Urgh. That error message looks susceptible to improvement. How about:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> replication slot "%s" cannot be dropped because it is currently in use
>>>>>
>>>>> I think that'd require duplicating some code between acquire and drop,
>>>>> but how about "replication slot "%s" is in use by another backend"?
>>> Sold.
>>
>> Wait ... before you go further ... I object to dropping the word
>> "active" from the error message. The column is called "active", and
>> that's where a DBA should look; that word needs to stay in the error
>> message.
>
> "replication slot "%s" is in active in another backend"?
"*for* another backend", but that works for me. I just want to keep the
word "active", because when I encountered that error in testing I knew
*immediately* where to look because of the word.
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