On 12/21/2016 09:27 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
>> On 12/21/2016 08:49 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> I propose that we should change that string to "could not obtain message
>>> string for error on connection "foo"", or something along that line.
>>>
>>> postgres_fdw has the same disease. It wouldn't have the notion of a named
>>> connection, but maybe we could insert the foreign server name instead.
>
>> Seems reasonable to me. I can work on it if you'd like. Do you think
>> this should be backpatched?
>
> If you have time for it, please do, I have lots on my plate already.
Ok, will do.
> I'd vote for back-patching; the benefits of a clearer error message
> are obvious, and it hardly seems likely that any existing applications
> are depending on this specific error string.
Agreed.
Joe
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