diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f06235c..82ee25a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 dist
+.idea
diff --git a/src/helpers/values.ts b/src/helpers/values.ts
index cc1a34e..7b8a22e 100644
--- a/src/helpers/values.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/values.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export function parseBoolean(val: string | undefined | null): boolean {
     case 'no':
       return false;
     default:
-      throw new Error(`Cannot parse boolean from "${val}"`);
+      throw new Error(`Cannot parse boolean`);
   }
 }
 
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ export function hexToBuffer(hex: string): Buffer {
     return Buffer.alloc(0);
   }
   if (!hex.startsWith('0x')) {
-    throw new Error(`Hex string is missing the "0x" prefix: "${hex}"`);
+    throw new Error(`Hex string is missing the "0x" prefix`);
   }
   if (hex.length % 2 !== 0) {
-    throw new Error(`Hex string is an odd number of digits: ${hex}`);
+    throw new Error(`Hex string is an odd number of digits`);
   }
   return Buffer.from(hex.substring(2), 'hex');
 }
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ export function coerceToBuffer(hex: string | Buffer | ArrayBufferView): Buffer {
       hex = hex.substring(2);
     }
     if (hex.length % 2 !== 0) {
-      throw new Error(`Hex string is an odd number of characters: ${hex}`);
+      throw new Error(`Hex string is an odd number of characters`);
     }
     if (!/^[0-9a-fA-F]*$/.test(hex)) {
-      throw new Error(`Hex string contains non-hexadecimal characters: ${hex}`);
+      throw new Error(`Hex string contains non-hexadecimal characters`);
     }
     return Buffer.from(hex, 'hex');
   } else if (Buffer.isBuffer(hex)) {
diff --git a/src/postgres/types.ts b/src/postgres/types.ts
index 8decdad..4492275 100644
--- a/src/postgres/types.ts
+++ b/src/postgres/types.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export const PG_TYPE_MAPPINGS = {
         if (/^(0x|0X)[a-fA-F0-9]*$/.test(x)) {
           // hex string with "0x" prefix
           if (x.length % 2 !== 0) {
-            throw new Error(`Hex string is an odd number of digits: "${x}"`);
+            throw new Error(`Hex string is an odd number of digits`);
           }
           return '\\x' + x.slice(2);
         } else if (x.length === 0) {
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ export const PG_TYPE_MAPPINGS = {
         } else if (/^\\x[a-fA-F0-9]*$/.test(x)) {
           // hex string with "\x" prefix (already encoded for postgres)
           if (x.length % 2 !== 0) {
-            throw new Error(`Hex string is an odd number of digits: "${x}"`);
+            throw new Error(`Hex string is an odd number of digits`);
           }
           return x;
         } else {
-          throw new Error(`String value for bytea column does not have 0x prefix: "${x}"`);
+          throw new Error(`String value for bytea column does not have 0x prefix`);
         }
       } else if (Buffer.isBuffer(x)) {
         return '\\x' + x.toString('hex');