    # File lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb, line 253
          def supports_standard_conforming_strings?
            # Temporarily set the client message level above error to prevent unintentional
            # error messages in the logs when working on a PostgreSQL database server that
            # does not support standard conforming strings.
            client_min_messages_old = client_min_messages
            self.client_min_messages = 'panic'

            # postgres-pr does not raise an exception when client_min_messages is set higher
            # than error and "SHOW standard_conforming_strings" fails, but returns an empty
            # PGresult instead.
            has_support = query('SHOW standard_conforming_strings')[0][0] rescue false
            self.client_min_messages = client_min_messages_old
            has_support
          end