1 files changed, 2 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/scansup.c b/src/backend/parser/scansup.c
index 18169ec4f4c..cac70d5df7a 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/scansup.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/scansup.c
@@ -189,20 +189,10 @@ truncate_identifier(char *ident, int len, bool warn)
 	{
 		len = pg_mbcliplen(ident, len, NAMEDATALEN - 1);
 		if (warn)
-		{
-			/*
-			 * We avoid using %.*s here because it can misbehave if the data
-			 * is not valid in what libc thinks is the prevailing encoding.
-			 */
-			char		buf[NAMEDATALEN];
-
-			memcpy(buf, ident, len);
-			buf[len] = '\0';
 			ereport(NOTICE,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_NAME_TOO_LONG),
-					 errmsg("identifier \"%s\" will be truncated to \"%s\"",
-							ident, buf)));
-		}
+					 errmsg("identifier \"%s\" will be truncated to \"%.*s\"",
+							ident, len, ident)));
 		ident[len] = '\0';
 	}
 }