Re: BUG #4680: Server crashed if using wrong (mismatch) conversion functions

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> When the conversion function doesn't work, any attempt to send any text
> to the client will fail.

Ah, now I remember: we arranged to short-circuit translation of the
error message when we were in this situation.  But it will still get
passed through the encoding converter (rather uselessly, if it's all
ASCII).  I wonder how ugly it would be to try to suppress encoding
conversion as well?

            regards, tom lane