Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> I would put the text in parens, then apps can know that strings in
> quotes are errors, but of course, if they issue "(select * from
> pg_class)" there are problems. Maybe "-- permission denied".
What's wrong with <message>, like we already have there for <idle>?
regards, tom lane