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Chapter 47. PostgreSQL Coding Conventions

Table of Contents

47.1. Formatting

47.2. Reporting Errors Within the Server

47.3. Error Message Style Guide

47.3.1. What Goes Where
47.3.2. Formatting
47.3.3. Quotation Marks
47.3.4. Use of Quotes
47.3.5. Grammar and Punctuation
47.3.6. Upper Case vs. Lower Case
47.3.7. Avoid Passive Voice
47.3.8. Present vs. Past Tense
47.3.9. Type of the Object
47.3.10. Brackets
47.3.11. Assembling Error Messages
47.3.12. Reasons for Errors
47.3.13. Function Names
47.3.14. Tricky Words to Avoid
47.3.15. Proper Spelling
47.3.16. Localization

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