Martin Pihlak <martin.pihlak@gmail.com> writes:
> There was actually a patch to disable the psql notices, but there were
> some concerns and I think it was removed:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-07/msg01264.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-09/msg01752.php
> Patch is at:
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-08/msg01274.php
> and seems to get rid of the annoying messages. If there aren't any
> major issues with it, I think it should be re-added.
As I said in the first-quoted message, that patch was simply a band-aid
trying to cover poorly designed behavior; and it still is. The fact is
that most clients will not react very gracefully to unexpected notice
messages, especially not large numbers of same.
regards, tom lane