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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/access/transam/xlog.c | |
| parent | baaec74c5a953032049015883802660edd821cac (diff) | |
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/access/transam/xlog.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c index 53a464694cf..62fbab8d950 100644 --- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c +++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2007, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California * - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.260 2007/01/05 22:19:23 momjian Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c,v 1.261 2007/02/01 19:10:25 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -4670,8 +4670,8 @@ StartupXLOG(void) ereport(LOG, (errmsg("database system was interrupted while in recovery at log time %s", str_time(ControlFile->checkPointCopy.time)), - errhint("If this has occurred more than once some data may be corrupted" - " and you may need to choose an earlier recovery target."))); + errhint("If this has occurred more than once some data might be corrupted" + " and you might need to choose an earlier recovery target."))); else if (ControlFile->state == DB_IN_PRODUCTION) ereport(LOG, (errmsg("database system was interrupted; last known up at %s", |