Last modified: 2014-11-13 21:39:46 UTC
In September this message was introduced which basically only says that there is something in the water. "A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software." What about rephrasing it to "A database query error has occurred. Please contact the system administrator. See also the manual on how [[Manual:How to debug#SQL errors|to debug SQL errors]]." or shorter "A database query error has occurred. See the manual on how [[Manual:How to debug#SQL errors|to debug SQL errors]]." Thus it would also provide a hint on how to help the cause. I personally opt for the shorter version. Perhaps you have different ideas on how to rephrase it, if at all.
Do not know why I removed the "This may ..." part. So the suggestion is: "A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. See the manual on how [[Manual:How to debug#SQL errors|to debug SQL errors]]."
I don't understand: what's the intended audience in your proposal? The page you propose to link is meant for sysadmins and devs, while the error message is mainly for users I think. If you/we want the message to work for users, another page is needed (or some user-centric section in the same page).
Currently this message has no intended audience and is thus as useless as ... Since my original proposal turns out to be too specific I suggest "A database query error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. Please contact the system administrator." or the like.
I would like to work on this bug.Please assign me this bug.
(In reply to Joyce from comment #4) > I would like to work on this bug.Please assign me this bug. You can do so yourself now. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/Tutorial explains how to make the most important bug status change, adding a patch. ;-)
Can I know in which repository is this?
(In reply to Joyce from comment #6) > Can I know in which repository is this? MediaWiki core, see the "product" and "component" above. For the file, see [[mw:Localisation]].
Change 171540 had a related patch set uploaded by Joyceg: My commit message https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/171540
Change 171540 had a related patch set uploaded by Joyceg: Bug: Bug 61419 - Improving message "databaseerror-text" Change-Id:I55862204ef71f69bc88c79fe2259f7cb8365699a I have fixed the bug by rephrasing the error message https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/171540
Change 171562 had a related patch set uploaded by Joyceg: Improving message "databaseerror-text" https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/171562
Change 171540 abandoned by Alex Monk: Bug: Bug 61419 - Improving message "databaseerror-text" Change-Id:I55862204ef71f69bc88c79fe2259f7cb8365699a I have fixed the bug by rephrasing the error message https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/171540
