diff --git a/reference/pgsql/constants.xml b/reference/pgsql/constants.xml
index 16fafef557..21a12dced8 100644
--- a/reference/pgsql/constants.xml
+++ b/reference/pgsql/constants.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.3 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.4 $ -->
 <section id="pgsql.constants">
  &reftitle.constants;
  &extension.constants;
@@ -390,6 +390,39 @@
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
 
+  <varlistentry>
+   <term>
+    <constant>PGSQL_ERRORS_TERSE</constant> 
+    (<type>integer</type>)
+   </term>
+   <listitem>
+    <simpara>
+     
+    </simpara>
+   </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+  <varlistentry>
+   <term>
+    <constant>PGSQL_ERRORS_DEFAULT</constant> 
+    (<type>integer</type>)
+   </term>
+   <listitem>
+    <simpara>
+     
+    </simpara>
+   </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
+  <varlistentry>
+   <term>
+    <constant>PGSQL_ERRORS_VERBOSE</constant> 
+    (<type>integer</type>)
+   </term>
+   <listitem>
+    <simpara>
+     
+    </simpara>
+   </listitem>
+  </varlistentry>
 
  </variablelist>
 </section>
diff --git a/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-set-error-verbosity.xml b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-set-error-verbosity.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e54676e90b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/pgsql/functions/pg-set-error-verbosity.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1.1 $ -->
+<!-- splitted from ./en/functions/pgsql.xml, last change in rev 1.16 -->
+<refentry id="function.pg-set-error-verbosity">
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>pg_set_error_verbosity</refname>
+  <refpurpose>
+   Set the error verbosity
+  </refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsect1 role="description">
+  &reftitle.description;
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>int</type><methodname>pg_set_error_verbosity</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>verbosity</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <methodsynopsis>
+   <type>int</type><methodname>pg_set_error_verbosity</methodname>
+   <methodparam><type>resource</type><parameter>connection</parameter></methodparam>
+   <methodparam><type>int</type><parameter>verbosity</parameter></methodparam>
+  </methodsynopsis>
+  <para>
+   <function>pg_set_error_verbosity</function> determines the verbosity
+   of messages returned by <function>pg_last_error</function> and
+   <function>pg_result_error</function>.  The <parameter>verbosity</parameter>
+   can be one of three constants: <literal>PGSQL_ERRORS_TERSE</literal>,
+   <literal>PGSQL_ERRORS_DEFAULT</literal>
+   or <literal>PGSQL_ERRORS_VERBOSE</literal>.
+  </para>
+  <para><function>pg_set_error_verbosity</function> will return the
+   <parameter>connection</parameter> previous verbosity.
+  </para>
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    This function requires PostgreSQL 7.4 or higher.  Changing the
+    verbosity in this manner will only affect future results, existing
+    result objects will be unchanged.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="examples">
+  &reftitle.examples;
+  <para>
+   <example>
+    <title><function>pg_set_error_verbosity</function> example</title>
+    <programlisting role="php">
+<![CDATA[
+<?php
+  $dbconn = pg_connect("dbname=publisher") or die("Could not connect");
+
+  if (!pg_connection_busy($dbconn)) {
+      pg_send_query($dbconn, "select * from doesnotexist;");
+  }
+  
+  pg_set_error_verbosity($dbconn, PGSQL_ERRORS_VERBOSE);
+  $res1 = pg_get_result($dbconn);
+  echo pg_result_error($res1);
+?>
+]]>
+    </programlisting>
+   </example>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 role="seealso">
+  &reftitle.seealso;
+  <para>
+   <simplelist>
+    <member><function>pg_last_error</function></member>
+    <member><function>pg_result_error</function></member>
+   </simplelist>
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+</refentry>
+
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