diff --git a/include/postgres.php b/include/postgres.php
index 4e55b38b1..e5ab89dd8 100644
--- a/include/postgres.php
+++ b/include/postgres.php
@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ function ExecSqlParam($p_connection, $p_string,$p_array) {
   //----
 
   pg_set_client_encoding($p_connection,'latin1');
-  ob_start();
+  if (!DEBUG ) ob_start();
   $ret=pg_query_params($p_connection,$p_string,$p_array);
   if ( ! $ret )   {
-    ob_clean();
-    $r=$string."array ".var_export($p_array,TRUE);
+     if (!DEBUG )ob_clean();
+    $r=$p_string."array ".var_export($p_array,TRUE);
     throw new Exception (" SQL ERROR $r",1);
   }
-  ob_flush();
+   if (!DEBUG ) ob_flush();
   return $ret;
 
 }