From 8b4ff8b6a14096a28910fbff3d485f30dcb9a637 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 19:10:30 +0000 Subject: 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". --- src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c') diff --git a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c index 38db4ae3b92..be16791342e 100644 --- a/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c +++ b/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c,v 1.190 2007/01/17 16:25:01 tgl Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/commands/dbcommands.c,v 1.191 2007/02/01 19:10:26 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ RenameDatabase(const char *oldname, const char *newname) if (db_id == MyDatabaseId) ereport(ERROR, (errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED), - errmsg("current database may not be renamed"))); + errmsg("current database cannot be renamed"))); /* * Make sure the database does not have active sessions. This is the same -- cgit v1.2.3