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/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c') diff --git a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c index abafba2f54d..d4212a44089 100644 --- a/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c +++ b/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ * * * IDENTIFICATION - * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c,v 1.116 2007/01/05 22:19:36 momjian Exp $ + * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/rewrite/rewriteDefine.c,v 1.117 2007/02/01 19:10:27 momjian Exp $ * *------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ @@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ DefineQueryRewrite(RuleStmt *stmt) (errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE), errmsg("could not convert table \"%s\" to a view because it has triggers", event_obj->relname), - errhint("In particular, the table may not be involved in any foreign key relationships."))); + errhint("In particular, the table cannot be involved in any foreign key relationships."))); if (event_relation->rd_rel->relhasindex) ereport(ERROR, -- cgit v1.2.3