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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com> writes:
>> Alexander, this was your patch to start with ... any thoughts?

> Yes, it was my omission. Please look at the improved patch.
> It works for me in both command prompts and still gives a meaningful
> message on error.

This seems basically reasonable but I'm not in a position to test it.
Heath, can you see if this improves matters for you?

			regards, tom lane