Add hint for "invalid byte sequence for encoding" error message,

bmomjian · bmomjian · commit e11cab650c45 · 2006-08-22T03:30:20.000Z
suggesting review of client_encoding.
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c b/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * conversion functions between pg_wchar and multibyte streams.
  * Tatsuo Ishii
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c,v 1.55 2006/05/21 20:05:19 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c,v 1.56 2006/08/22 03:30:20 momjian Exp $
  *
  * WIN1250 client encoding updated by Pavel Behal
  *
@@ -1486,7 +1486,10 @@ report_invalid_encoding(int encoding, const char *mbstr, int len)
 			(errcode(ERRCODE_CHARACTER_NOT_IN_REPERTOIRE),
 			 errmsg("invalid byte sequence for encoding \"%s\": 0x%s",
 					pg_enc2name_tbl[encoding].name,
-					buf)));
+					buf),
+			 errhint("This failure can also happen if the byte sequence does not "
+			 		 "match the encoding expected by the server, which is controlled "
+					 "by \"client_encoding\".")));
 }
 
 /*

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@`
`1`	`1`	`/*`
`2`	`2`	`* conversion functions between pg_wchar and multibyte streams.`
`3`	`3`	`* Tatsuo Ishii`
`4`		`- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c,v 1.55 2006/05/21 20:05:19 tgl Exp $`
	`4`	`+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/mb/wchar.c,v 1.56 2006/08/22 03:30:20 momjian Exp $`
`5`	`5`	`*`
`6`	`6`	`* WIN1250 client encoding updated by Pavel Behal`
`7`	`7`	`*`
`@@ -1486,7 +1486,10 @@ report_invalid_encoding(int encoding, const char *mbstr, int len)`
`1486`	`1486`	`(errcode(ERRCODE_CHARACTER_NOT_IN_REPERTOIRE),`
`1487`	`1487`	`errmsg("invalid byte sequence for encoding \"%s\": 0x%s",`
`1488`	`1488`	`pg_enc2name_tbl[encoding].name,`
`1489`		`- buf)));`
	`1489`	`+ buf),`
	`1490`	`+ errhint("This failure can also happen if the byte sequence does not "`
	`1491`	`+ "match the encoding expected by the server, which is controlled "`
	`1492`	`+ "by \"client_encoding\".")));`
`1490`	`1493`	`}`
`1491`	`1494`
`1492`	`1495`	`/*`