diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
index b44d2fd068d33e14d997ab94a6090ab04606ba80..a931fe9fa24bd14c266a4dde44f0122da9e89920 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.251 2003/06/23 17:03:19 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c,v 1.252 2003/06/23 19:20:24 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2843,8 +2843,9 @@ static void
 defaultNoticeReceiver(void *arg, const PGresult *res)
 {
 	(void) arg;					/* not used */
-	(*res->noticeHooks.noticeProc) (res->noticeHooks.noticeProcArg,
-									PQresultErrorMessage(res));
+	if (res->noticeHooks.noticeProc != NULL)
+		(*res->noticeHooks.noticeProc) (res->noticeHooks.noticeProcArg,
+										PQresultErrorMessage(res));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
index 4c96bbd386881f625fb9b5b8f809890d8d52bc0f..a1ae2612569c1444acae4b6a250a84b6ad714057 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.139 2003/06/21 21:51:34 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.140 2003/06/23 19:20:24 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -440,18 +440,29 @@ pqPrepareAsyncResult(PGconn *conn)
 }
 
 /*
- * pqInternalNotice - helper routine for internally-generated notices
+ * pqInternalNotice - produce an internally-generated notice message
+ *
+ * A format string and optional arguments can be passed.  Note that we do
+ * libpq_gettext() here, so callers need not.
  *
  * The supplied text is taken as primary message (ie., it should not include
  * a trailing newline, and should not be more than one line).
  */
 void
-pqInternalNotice(const PGNoticeHooks *hooks, const char *msgtext)
+pqInternalNotice(const PGNoticeHooks *hooks, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
+	char		msgBuf[1024];
+	va_list		args;
 	PGresult   *res;
 
 	if (hooks->noticeRec == NULL)
-		return;					/* nobody home? */
+		return;					/* nobody home to receive notice? */
+
+	/* Format the message */
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vsnprintf(msgBuf, sizeof(msgBuf), libpq_gettext(fmt), args);
+	va_end(args);
+	msgBuf[sizeof(msgBuf)-1] = '\0'; /* make real sure it's terminated */
 
 	/* Make a PGresult to pass to the notice receiver */
 	res = PQmakeEmptyPGresult(NULL, PGRES_NONFATAL_ERROR);
@@ -459,14 +470,14 @@ pqInternalNotice(const PGNoticeHooks *hooks, const char *msgtext)
 	/*
 	 * Set up fields of notice.
 	 */
-	pqSaveMessageField(res, 'M', msgtext);
+	pqSaveMessageField(res, 'M', msgBuf);
 	pqSaveMessageField(res, 'S', libpq_gettext("NOTICE"));
 	/* XXX should provide a SQLSTATE too? */
 	/*
 	 * Result text is always just the primary message + newline.
 	 */
-	res->errMsg = (char *) pqResultAlloc(res, strlen(msgtext) + 2, FALSE);
-	sprintf(res->errMsg, "%s\n", msgtext);
+	res->errMsg = (char *) pqResultAlloc(res, strlen(msgBuf) + 2, FALSE);
+	sprintf(res->errMsg, "%s\n", msgBuf);
 	/*
 	 * Pass to receiver, then free it.
 	 */
@@ -1585,16 +1596,13 @@ PQbinaryTuples(const PGresult *res)
 static int
 check_field_number(const PGresult *res, int field_num)
 {
-	char		noticeBuf[128];
-
 	if (!res)
 		return FALSE;			/* no way to display error message... */
 	if (field_num < 0 || field_num >= res->numAttributes)
 	{
-		snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-				 libpq_gettext("column number %d is out of range 0..%d"),
-				 field_num, res->numAttributes - 1);
-		PGDONOTICE(res, noticeBuf);
+		pqInternalNotice(&res->noticeHooks,
+						 "column number %d is out of range 0..%d",
+						 field_num, res->numAttributes - 1);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 	return TRUE;
@@ -1604,24 +1612,20 @@ static int
 check_tuple_field_number(const PGresult *res,
 						 int tup_num, int field_num)
 {
-	char		noticeBuf[128];
-
 	if (!res)
 		return FALSE;			/* no way to display error message... */
 	if (tup_num < 0 || tup_num >= res->ntups)
 	{
-		snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-				 libpq_gettext("row number %d is out of range 0..%d"),
-				 tup_num, res->ntups - 1);
-		PGDONOTICE(res, noticeBuf);
+		pqInternalNotice(&res->noticeHooks,
+						 "row number %d is out of range 0..%d",
+						 tup_num, res->ntups - 1);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 	if (field_num < 0 || field_num >= res->numAttributes)
 	{
-		snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-				 libpq_gettext("column number %d is out of range 0..%d"),
-				 field_num, res->numAttributes - 1);
-		PGDONOTICE(res, noticeBuf);
+		pqInternalNotice(&res->noticeHooks,
+						 "column number %d is out of range 0..%d",
+						 field_num, res->numAttributes - 1);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 	return TRUE;
@@ -1822,7 +1826,6 @@ PQoidValue(const PGresult *res)
 char *
 PQcmdTuples(PGresult *res)
 {
-	char		noticeBuf[128];
 	char		*p;
 
 	if (!res)
@@ -1850,10 +1853,9 @@ PQcmdTuples(PGresult *res)
 
 	if (*p == 0)
 	{
-		snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-				 libpq_gettext("could not interpret result from server: %s"),
-				 res->cmdStatus);
-		PGDONOTICE(res, noticeBuf);
+		pqInternalNotice(&res->noticeHooks,
+						 "could not interpret result from server: %s",
+						 res->cmdStatus);
 		return "";
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
index f10c3112d7e81419426047da57e17a2a15f5378b..9498c9e2697069a6a9cd70a6d3cbd47568e9798d 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c,v 1.97 2003/06/21 21:51:34 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c,v 1.98 2003/06/23 19:20:25 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ pqGetInt(int *result, size_t bytes, PGconn *conn)
 {
 	uint16		tmp2;
 	uint32		tmp4;
-	char		noticeBuf[64];
 
 	switch (bytes)
 	{
@@ -225,10 +224,9 @@ pqGetInt(int *result, size_t bytes, PGconn *conn)
 			*result = (int) ntohl(tmp4);
 			break;
 		default:
-			snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-					 libpq_gettext("integer of size %lu not supported by pqGetInt"),
-					 (unsigned long) bytes);
-			PGDONOTICE(conn, noticeBuf);
+			pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks,
+							 "integer of size %lu not supported by pqGetInt",
+							 (unsigned long) bytes);
 			return EOF;
 	}
 
@@ -248,7 +246,6 @@ pqPutInt(int value, size_t bytes, PGconn *conn)
 {
 	uint16		tmp2;
 	uint32		tmp4;
-	char		noticeBuf[64];
 
 	switch (bytes)
 	{
@@ -263,10 +260,9 @@ pqPutInt(int value, size_t bytes, PGconn *conn)
 				return EOF;
 			break;
 		default:
-			snprintf(noticeBuf, sizeof(noticeBuf),
-					 libpq_gettext("integer of size %lu not supported by pqPutInt"),
-					 (unsigned long) bytes);
-			PGDONOTICE(conn, noticeBuf);
+			pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks,
+							 "integer of size %lu not supported by pqPutInt",
+							 (unsigned long) bytes);
 			return EOF;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol2.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol2.c
index 2a15e19e1d58e22bed4aee15c1f361b35a52b975..b2d8a15f7b850d4af873f915f6b3ca7f71884418 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol2.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol2.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol2.c,v 1.3 2003/06/21 23:25:38 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol2.c,v 1.4 2003/06/23 19:20:25 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ void
 pqParseInput2(PGconn *conn)
 {
 	char		id;
-	char		noticeWorkspace[128];
 
 	/*
 	 * Loop to parse successive complete messages available in the buffer.
@@ -424,10 +423,9 @@ pqParseInput2(PGconn *conn)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				snprintf(noticeWorkspace, sizeof(noticeWorkspace),
-						 libpq_gettext("message type 0x%02x arrived from server while idle"),
-						 id);
-				PGDONOTICE(conn, noticeWorkspace);
+				pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks,
+								 "message type 0x%02x arrived from server while idle",
+								 id);
 				/* Discard the unexpected message; good idea?? */
 				conn->inStart = conn->inEnd;
 				break;
@@ -464,12 +462,9 @@ pqParseInput2(PGconn *conn)
 					if (pqGetc(&id, conn))
 						return;
 					if (id != '\0')
-					{
-						snprintf(noticeWorkspace, sizeof(noticeWorkspace),
-								 libpq_gettext("unexpected character %c following empty query response (\"I\" message)"),
-								 id);
-						PGDONOTICE(conn, noticeWorkspace);
-					}
+						pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks,
+										 "unexpected character %c following empty query response (\"I\" message)",
+										 id);
 					if (conn->result == NULL)
 						conn->result = PQmakeEmptyPGresult(conn,
 													  PGRES_EMPTY_QUERY);
@@ -522,9 +517,8 @@ pqParseInput2(PGconn *conn)
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						snprintf(noticeWorkspace, sizeof(noticeWorkspace),
-								 libpq_gettext("server sent data (\"D\" message) without prior row description (\"T\" message)"));
-						PGDONOTICE(conn, noticeWorkspace);
+						pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks,
+										 "server sent data (\"D\" message) without prior row description (\"T\" message)");
 						/* Discard the unexpected message; good idea?? */
 						conn->inStart = conn->inEnd;
 						return;
@@ -539,9 +533,8 @@ pqParseInput2(PGconn *conn)
 					}
 					else
 					{
-						snprintf(noticeWorkspace, sizeof(noticeWorkspace),
-								 libpq_gettext("server sent binary data (\"B\" message) without prior row description (\"T\" message)"));
-						PGDONOTICE(conn, noticeWorkspace);
+						pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks,
+										 "server sent binary data (\"B\" message) without prior row description (\"T\" message)");
 						/* Discard the unexpected message; good idea?? */
 						conn->inStart = conn->inEnd;
 						return;
@@ -872,7 +865,8 @@ pqGetErrorNotice2(PGconn *conn, bool isError)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		(*res->noticeHooks.noticeRec) (res->noticeHooks.noticeRecArg, res);
+		if (res->noticeHooks.noticeRec != NULL)
+			(*res->noticeHooks.noticeRec) (res->noticeHooks.noticeRecArg, res);
 		PQclear(res);
 	}
 
@@ -1196,7 +1190,7 @@ pqEndcopy2(PGconn *conn)
 
 		if (svLast == '\n')
 			conn->errorMessage.data[conn->errorMessage.len-1] = '\0';
-		PGDONOTICE(conn, conn->errorMessage.data);
+		pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks, "%s", conn->errorMessage.data);
 		conn->errorMessage.data[conn->errorMessage.len-1] = svLast;
 	}
 
@@ -1207,7 +1201,8 @@ pqEndcopy2(PGconn *conn)
 	 * entirely due to application screwup of the copy in/out protocol. To
 	 * recover, reset the connection (talk about using a sledgehammer...)
 	 */
-	PGDONOTICE(conn, libpq_gettext("lost synchronization with server, resetting connection"));
+	pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks,
+					 "lost synchronization with server, resetting connection");
 
 	/*
 	 * Users doing non-blocking connections need to handle the reset
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol3.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol3.c
index 6b404c3531b947ecd1a5d34aaeb4d49d16800a4a..ac39e4adc1400159d740b29eb714c3da05fb34a1 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol3.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol3.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol3.c,v 1.3 2003/06/21 23:25:38 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-protocol3.c,v 1.4 2003/06/23 19:20:25 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ pqParseInput3(PGconn *conn)
 	char		id;
 	int			msgLength;
 	int			avail;
-	char		noticeWorkspace[128];
 
 	/*
 	 * Loop to parse successive complete messages available in the buffer.
@@ -172,10 +171,9 @@ pqParseInput3(PGconn *conn)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				snprintf(noticeWorkspace, sizeof(noticeWorkspace),
-						 libpq_gettext("message type 0x%02x arrived from server while idle"),
-						 id);
-				PGDONOTICE(conn, noticeWorkspace);
+				pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks,
+								 "message type 0x%02x arrived from server while idle",
+								 id);
 				/* Discard the unexpected message */
 				conn->inCursor += msgLength;
 			}
@@ -667,7 +665,8 @@ pqGetErrorNotice3(PGconn *conn, bool isError)
 	{
 		/* We can cheat a little here and not copy the message. */
 		res->errMsg = workBuf.data;
-		(*res->noticeHooks.noticeRec) (res->noticeHooks.noticeRecArg, res);
+		if (res->noticeHooks.noticeRec != NULL)
+			(*res->noticeHooks.noticeRec) (res->noticeHooks.noticeRecArg, res);
 		PQclear(res);
 	}
 
@@ -1119,7 +1118,7 @@ pqEndcopy3(PGconn *conn)
 
 		if (svLast == '\n')
 			conn->errorMessage.data[conn->errorMessage.len-1] = '\0';
-		PGDONOTICE(conn, conn->errorMessage.data);
+		pqInternalNotice(&conn->noticeHooks, "%s", conn->errorMessage.data);
 		conn->errorMessage.data[conn->errorMessage.len-1] = svLast;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h b/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h
index f651320e1cbbe97c9a32d6d55c0dcb5d8b810577..d97db7c88b1189220fbba05b0020cb8b055f8709 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/libpq-int.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: libpq-int.h,v 1.75 2003/06/21 21:51:34 tgl Exp $
+ * $Id: libpq-int.h,v 1.76 2003/06/23 19:20:25 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -360,7 +360,9 @@ extern char *pqResultStrdup(PGresult *res, const char *str);
 extern void pqClearAsyncResult(PGconn *conn);
 extern void pqSaveErrorResult(PGconn *conn);
 extern PGresult *pqPrepareAsyncResult(PGconn *conn);
-extern void pqInternalNotice(const PGNoticeHooks *hooks, const char *msgtext);
+extern void pqInternalNotice(const PGNoticeHooks *hooks, const char *fmt, ...)
+/* This lets gcc check the format string for consistency. */
+__attribute__((format(printf, 2, 3)));
 extern int	pqAddTuple(PGresult *res, PGresAttValue *tup);
 extern void pqSaveMessageField(PGresult *res, char code,
 							   const char *value);
@@ -435,10 +437,6 @@ extern void pqsecure_close(PGconn *);
 extern ssize_t pqsecure_read(PGconn *, void *ptr, size_t len);
 extern ssize_t pqsecure_write(PGconn *, const void *ptr, size_t len);
 
-/* Note: PGDONOTICE macro will work if applied to either PGconn or PGresult */
-#define PGDONOTICE(conn,message) \
-	pqInternalNotice(&(conn)->noticeHooks, (message))
-
 /*
  * this is so that we can check if a connection is non-blocking internally
  * without the overhead of a function call
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/nls.mk b/src/interfaces/libpq/nls.mk
index 6f0de758c0bd1c4868ea16cba80ff11195bdbf63..f4bec84496a47e2033e5d6104c04ea710eed4c5e 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/nls.mk
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/nls.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/nls.mk,v 1.8 2002/09/22 20:57:21 petere Exp $
+# $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/nls.mk,v 1.9 2003/06/23 19:20:25 tgl Exp $
 CATALOG_NAME	:= libpq
 AVAIL_LANGUAGES	:= cs de es fr pt_BR ru sv zh_CN zh_TW
 GETTEXT_FILES	:= fe-auth.c fe-connect.c fe-exec.c fe-lobj.c fe-misc.c fe-secure.c
-GETTEXT_TRIGGERS:= libpq_gettext
+GETTEXT_TRIGGERS:= libpq_gettext pqInternalNotice:2