Message style improvements

src/backend/access/common/toast_compression.c

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int			default_toast_compression = TOAST_PGLZ_COMPRESSION;
 #define NO_LZ4_SUPPORT() \
 	ereport(ERROR, \
 			(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED), \
-			 errmsg("unsupported LZ4 compression method"), \
+			 errmsg("compression method lz4 not supported"), \
 			 errdetail("This functionality requires the server to be built with lz4 support."), \
 			 errhint("You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using %s.", "--with-lz4")))
 

src/backend/catalog/catalog.c

@@ -375,10 +375,12 @@ GetNewOidWithIndex(Relation relation, Oid indexId, AttrNumber oidcolumn)
 		if (retries >= retries_before_log)
 		{
 			ereport(LOG,
-					(errmsg("still finding an unused OID within relation \"%s\"",
+					(errmsg("still searching for an unused OID in relation \"%s\"",
 							RelationGetRelationName(relation)),
-					 errdetail("OID candidates were checked \"%llu\"  times, but no unused OID is yet found.",
-							   (unsigned long long) retries)));
+					 errdetail_plural("OID candidates have been checked %llu time, but no unused OID has been found yet.",
+									  "OID candidates have been checked %llu times, but no unused OID has been found yet.",
+									  retries,
+									  (unsigned long long) retries)));
 
 			/*
 			 * Double the number of retries to do before logging next until it
@@ -400,8 +402,10 @@ GetNewOidWithIndex(Relation relation, Oid indexId, AttrNumber oidcolumn)
 	if (retries > GETNEWOID_LOG_THRESHOLD)
 	{
 		ereport(LOG,
-				(errmsg("new OID has been assigned in relation \"%s\" after \"%llu\" retries",
-						RelationGetRelationName(relation), (unsigned long long) retries)));
+				(errmsg_plural("new OID has been assigned in relation \"%s\" after %llu retry",
+							   "new OID has been assigned in relation \"%s\" after %llu retries",
+							   retries,
+							   RelationGetRelationName(relation), (unsigned long long) retries)));
 	}
 
 	return newOid;

src/backend/catalog/pg_inherits.c

@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ DeleteInheritsTuple(Oid inhrelid, Oid inhparent, bool expect_detach_pending,
 						 errmsg("cannot detach partition \"%s\"",
 								childname ? childname : "unknown relation"),
 						 errdetail("The partition is being detached concurrently or has an unfinished detach."),
-						 errhint("Use ALTER TABLE ... DETACH PARTITION ... FINALIZE to complete the pending detach operation")));
+						 errhint("Use ALTER TABLE ... DETACH PARTITION ... FINALIZE to complete the pending detach operation.")));
 			if (!detach_pending && expect_detach_pending)
 				ereport(ERROR,
 						(errcode(ERRCODE_OBJECT_NOT_IN_PREREQUISITE_STATE),

src/backend/commands/tablecmds.c

@@ -14773,7 +14773,7 @@ MarkInheritDetached(Relation child_rel, Relation parent_rel)
 						   get_rel_name(inhForm->inhrelid),
 						   get_namespace_name(parent_rel->rd_rel->relnamespace),
 						   RelationGetRelationName(parent_rel)),
-					errhint("Use ALTER TABLE ... DETACH PARTITION ... FINALIZE to complete the detach operation."));
+					errhint("Use ALTER TABLE ... DETACH PARTITION ... FINALIZE to complete the pending detach operation."));
 
 		if (inhForm->inhrelid == RelationGetRelid(child_rel))
 		{

src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c

@@ -1457,7 +1457,7 @@ pgstat_reset_shared_counters(const char *target)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
 				 errmsg("unrecognized reset target: \"%s\"", target),
-				 errhint("Target must be \"archiver\", \"bgwriter\" or \"wal\".")));
+				 errhint("Target must be \"archiver\", \"bgwriter\", or \"wal\".")));
 
 	pgstat_setheader(&msg.m_hdr, PGSTAT_MTYPE_RESETSHAREDCOUNTER);
 	pgstat_send(&msg, sizeof(msg));

src/backend/storage/file/fd.c

@@ -3295,13 +3295,13 @@ do_syncfs(const char *path)
 	{
 		ereport(LOG,
 				(errcode_for_file_access(),
-				 errmsg("could not open %s: %m", path)));
+				 errmsg("could not open file \"%s\": %m", path)));
 		return;
 	}
 	if (syncfs(fd) < 0)
 		ereport(LOG,
 				(errcode_for_file_access(),
-				 errmsg("could not sync filesystem for \"%s\": %m", path)));
+				 errmsg("could not synchronize file system for file \"%s\": %m", path)));
 	CloseTransientFile(fd);
 }
 #endif

src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ LogRecoveryConflict(ProcSignalReason reason, TimestampTz wait_start,
 	{
 		ereport(LOG,
 				errmsg("recovery still waiting after %ld.%03d ms: %s",
-					   msecs, usecs, _(get_recovery_conflict_desc(reason))),
+					   msecs, usecs, get_recovery_conflict_desc(reason)),
 				nprocs > 0 ? errdetail_log_plural("Conflicting process: %s.",
 												  "Conflicting processes: %s.",
 												  nprocs, buf.data) : 0);
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ LogRecoveryConflict(ProcSignalReason reason, TimestampTz wait_start,
 	{
 		ereport(LOG,
 				errmsg("recovery finished waiting after %ld.%03d ms: %s",
-					   msecs, usecs, _(get_recovery_conflict_desc(reason))));
+					   msecs, usecs, get_recovery_conflict_desc(reason)));
 	}
 
 	if (nprocs > 0)
@@ -1418,27 +1418,27 @@ LogStandbyInvalidations(int nmsgs, SharedInvalidationMessage *msgs,
 static const char *
 get_recovery_conflict_desc(ProcSignalReason reason)
 {
-	const char *reasonDesc = gettext_noop("unknown reason");
+	const char *reasonDesc = _("unknown reason");
 
 	switch (reason)
 	{
 		case PROCSIG_RECOVERY_CONFLICT_BUFFERPIN:
-			reasonDesc = gettext_noop("recovery conflict on buffer pin");
+			reasonDesc = _("recovery conflict on buffer pin");
 			break;
 		case PROCSIG_RECOVERY_CONFLICT_LOCK:
-			reasonDesc = gettext_noop("recovery conflict on lock");
+			reasonDesc = _("recovery conflict on lock");
 			break;
 		case PROCSIG_RECOVERY_CONFLICT_TABLESPACE:
-			reasonDesc = gettext_noop("recovery conflict on tablespace");
+			reasonDesc = _("recovery conflict on tablespace");
 			break;
 		case PROCSIG_RECOVERY_CONFLICT_SNAPSHOT:
-			reasonDesc = gettext_noop("recovery conflict on snapshot");
+			reasonDesc = _("recovery conflict on snapshot");
 			break;
 		case PROCSIG_RECOVERY_CONFLICT_STARTUP_DEADLOCK:
-			reasonDesc = gettext_noop("recovery conflict on buffer deadlock");
+			reasonDesc = _("recovery conflict on buffer deadlock");
 			break;
 		case PROCSIG_RECOVERY_CONFLICT_DATABASE:
-			reasonDesc = gettext_noop("recovery conflict on database");
+			reasonDesc = _("recovery conflict on database");
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;

src/backend/tcop/fastpath.c

@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ fetch_fp_info(Oid func_id, struct fp_info *fip)
 	if (pp->prokind != PROKIND_FUNCTION || pp->proretset)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_FEATURE_NOT_SUPPORTED),
-				 errmsg("cannot call function %s via fastpath interface",
+				 errmsg("cannot call function \"%s\" via fastpath interface",
 						NameStr(pp->proname))));
 
 	/* watch out for catalog entries with more than FUNC_MAX_ARGS args */

src/backend/utils/adt/multirangetypes.c

@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ multirange_in(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_TEXT_REPRESENTATION),
 				 errmsg("malformed multirange literal: \"%s\"",
 						input_str),
-				 errdetail("Junk after right brace.")));
+				 errdetail("Junk after closing right brace.")));
 
 	ret = make_multirange(mltrngtypoid, rangetyp, range_count, ranges);
 	PG_RETURN_MULTIRANGE_P(ret);
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ multirange_constructor2(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 	if (dims > 1)
 		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_CARDINALITY_VIOLATION),
-				 errmsg("multiranges cannot be constructed from multi-dimensional arrays")));
+				 errmsg("multiranges cannot be constructed from multidimensional arrays")));
 
 	rngtypid = ARR_ELEMTYPE(rangeArray);
 	if (rngtypid != rangetyp->type_id)

src/test/regress/expected/compression_1.out

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Indexes:
     "idx" btree (f1)
 
 CREATE TABLE cmdata1(f1 TEXT COMPRESSION lz4);
-ERROR:  unsupported LZ4 compression method
+ERROR:  compression method lz4 not supported
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with lz4 support.
 HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-lz4.
 INSERT INTO cmdata1 VALUES(repeat('1234567890', 1004));
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ LINE 1: SELECT pg_column_compression(x) FROM compressmv;
                                              ^
 -- test compression with partition
 CREATE TABLE cmpart(f1 text COMPRESSION lz4) PARTITION BY HASH(f1);
-ERROR:  unsupported LZ4 compression method
+ERROR:  compression method lz4 not supported
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with lz4 support.
 HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-lz4.
 CREATE TABLE cmpart1 PARTITION OF cmpart FOR VALUES WITH (MODULUS 2, REMAINDER 0);
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ HINT:  Available values: pglz.
 SET default_toast_compression = 'pglz';
 -- test alter compression method
 ALTER TABLE cmdata ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION lz4;
-ERROR:  unsupported LZ4 compression method
+ERROR:  compression method lz4 not supported
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with lz4 support.
 HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-lz4.
 INSERT INTO cmdata VALUES (repeat('123456789', 4004));
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ ERROR:  relation "compressmv" does not exist
 ALTER TABLE cmpart1 ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION pglz;
 ERROR:  relation "cmpart1" does not exist
 ALTER TABLE cmpart2 ALTER COLUMN f1 SET COMPRESSION lz4;
-ERROR:  unsupported LZ4 compression method
+ERROR:  compression method lz4 not supported
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with lz4 support.
 HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-lz4.
 -- new data should be compressed with the current compression method
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ SELECT pg_column_compression(f1) FROM cmdata;
 -- test expression index
 DROP TABLE cmdata2;
 CREATE TABLE cmdata2 (f1 TEXT COMPRESSION pglz, f2 TEXT COMPRESSION lz4);
-ERROR:  unsupported LZ4 compression method
+ERROR:  compression method lz4 not supported
 DETAIL:  This functionality requires the server to be built with lz4 support.
 HINT:  You need to rebuild PostgreSQL using --with-lz4.
 CREATE UNIQUE INDEX idx1 ON cmdata2 ((f1 || f2));

src/test/regress/expected/multirangetypes.out

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ select '{(,)}.'::textmultirange;
 ERROR:  malformed multirange literal: "{(,)}."
 LINE 1: select '{(,)}.'::textmultirange;
                ^
-DETAIL:  Junk after right brace.
+DETAIL:  Junk after closing right brace.
 select '{[a,c),}'::textmultirange;
 ERROR:  malformed multirange literal: "{[a,c),}"
 LINE 1: select '{[a,c),}'::textmultirange;