diff --git a/admin/award_awardcreatedivisional.php b/admin/award_awardcreatedivisional.php
index 09c59acc..886a8279 100644
--- a/admin/award_awardcreatedivisional.php
+++ b/admin/award_awardcreatedivisional.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 						'{$config['FAIRYEAR']}'
 					)");
 					$q->execute();
-					echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+					show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 					$award_awards_id=$pdo->lastInsertId();
 
 
diff --git a/admin/award_download.php b/admin/award_download.php
index b2e031e6..3d0baf93 100644
--- a/admin/award_download.php
+++ b/admin/award_download.php
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ case 'check':
 			
 			$q->execute();
 
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			//FIXME: update the translations
 		}
 
diff --git a/admin/award_upload.php b/admin/award_upload.php
index 6430fb52..40002282 100644
--- a/admin/award_upload.php
+++ b/admin/award_upload.php
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ case 'catdiv_save':
 	$q = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE fairs SET catmap='$catmap',divmap='$divmap' WHERE id='$fairs_id'");
 
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	happy_("Category/Division mapping information saved");
 	exit;
diff --git a/admin/cwsfregister.php b/admin/cwsfregister.php
index cd20df95..f691c849 100644
--- a/admin/cwsfregister.php
+++ b/admin/cwsfregister.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ include "xml.inc.php";
 						winners.year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'");
 				$wq->execute();
 				
-						echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+						show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			while($project=$wq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 			{
 				$sq=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM students WHERE registrations_id='$project->registrations_id' AND year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'");
diff --git a/admin/donors.php b/admin/donors.php
index ed3b57bc..1bce31d8 100644
--- a/admin/donors.php
+++ b/admin/donors.php
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ switch(get_value_from_array($_GET, 'action')) {
 				AND fundraising_donations.fiscalyear='{$config['FISCALYEAR']}' 
 				ORDER BY datereceived DESC");
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 		if($q->rowCount()) {
 			echo "<table class=\"tableview\">";
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ switch(get_value_from_array($_GET, 'action')) {
 				ORDER BY users_sponsor.primary DESC,lastname,firstname
 			");
 			$query->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			$uids=array();
 			while($r=$query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 				$uids[]=$r->uid;
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ switch(get_value_from_array($_GET, 'action')) {
 			$id=$pdo->lastInsertId();
 			$logStr=getDonationString($id);
 			save_activityinfo("Added donation/sponsorship: $logStr", $sponsorid, $_SESSION['users_uid'],"System");
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 			happy_("Donation/sponsorship added");
 		} else {
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ switch(get_value_from_array($_GET, 'action')) {
 			happy_("Donation/sponsorship removed");
 			$q = $pdo->prepare("DELETE FROM fundraising_donations WHERE id='$id' AND sponsors_id='$sponsorid'");
 			$q->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		}
 		else {
 			error_("Invalid donation/sponsorship to remove");
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ function draw_contactsinfo_form($contact = null){
 	ORDER BY users_sponsor.primary DESC,lastname,firstname
 	");
 	$query->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	while($contact = $query->fetch()){
 		// draw a header for this user
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ function draw_activityinfo_form(){
 	//echo "<tr><td colspan=\"3\">" . $query . "</td></tr>";
 	$q = $pdo->prepare($query);
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	if($q->rowCount()) {
 		while($r = $q->fetch()) {
 			echo "<tr><td>" . $r["dt"] . "</td>";
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ function save_activityinfo($comment, $donorId, $userId, $type, $campaign_id=null
 		$cid)";
 	$q = $pdo->prepare($query);
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 }
 
 function getDonationString($id) {
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ function getDonationString($id) {
 		AND fundraising_donations.fiscalyear='{$config['FISCALYEAR']}' 
 		");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$str="";
 	if($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 		$str.=format_date($r->datereceived)." - ";
diff --git a/admin/export_checkin.php b/admin/export_checkin.php
index ac549a6d..eaaf6873 100644
--- a/admin/export_checkin.php
+++ b/admin/export_checkin.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if($catr=$catq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 				projects.title
 			");
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	$table=array();
 
diff --git a/admin/fair_stats_select.php b/admin/fair_stats_select.php
index 2f6d61ba..2cb55b3a 100644
--- a/admin/fair_stats_select.php
+++ b/admin/fair_stats_select.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	$s = join(',', $_POST['stats']);
 	$q = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE fairs SET gather_stats='$s' WHERE id='$id'");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	echo "UPDATE fairs SET gather_stats='$s' WHERE id='$id'";
 	happy_("Saved");
 	exit;
diff --git a/admin/fix_judges_autocomplete.php b/admin/fix_judges_autocomplete.php
index 291aa6e2..189a645a 100644
--- a/admin/fix_judges_autocomplete.php
+++ b/admin/fix_judges_autocomplete.php
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ while($i = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 	$p = generatePassword(12);
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE judges SET password='$p',complete='yes'");
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare("DELETE FROM judges_years WHERE judges_id='$id'");
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO judges_years (`judges_id`,`year`) VALUES ('$id','{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')");
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/admin/fundraising_campaigns.php b/admin/fundraising_campaigns.php
index 007de180..79f3d4fa 100644
--- a/admin/fundraising_campaigns.php
+++ b/admin/fundraising_campaigns.php
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ $q->execute();
     $goalr=$goalq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
     $recq=$pdo->prepare("SELECT SUM(value) AS received FROM fundraising_donations WHERE fundraising_campaigns_id='$r->id' AND fiscalyear='{$config['FISCALYEAR']}' AND status='received'");
     $recq->execute();
-    echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+    show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
     $recr=$recq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
     $received=$recr->received;
     if($r->target)
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ $q->execute();
 			$goalr=getGoal($r->fundraising_goal);
             $recq=$pdo->prepare("SELECT SUM(value) AS received FROM fundraising_donations WHERE fundraising_campaigns_id='$r->id' AND fiscalyear='{$config['FISCALYEAR']}' AND status='received'");
             $recq->execute();
-            echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+            show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
             $recr=recq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
             $received=$recr->received;
             if($r->target)
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ $q->execute();
 			$query="DELETE FROM fundraising_campaigns_users_link WHERE fundraising_campaigns_id='$campaignid' AND users_uid IN ($uidlist)";
 			$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
             $stmt->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		}
 		//if theres nobody left in the list we need to reset the filter params as well
 		$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) AS num FROM fundraising_campaigns_users_link WHERE fundraising_campaigns_id='$campaignid'");
diff --git a/admin/fundraising_campaigns_prospecting.php b/admin/fundraising_campaigns_prospecting.php
index c8695bd1..3ec52f1b 100644
--- a/admin/fundraising_campaigns_prospecting.php
+++ b/admin/fundraising_campaigns_prospecting.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if($_POST['donortype']=="organization") {
     $q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT id, organization AS name, address, address2, city, province_code, postalcode FROM sponsors ORDER BY name");
    
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
     if(!$_POST['contacttype'])
         $contacttype=array("primary","secondary");
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if($_POST['donortype']=="organization") {
 			");
 			$cq->execute();
 
-            echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+            show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
             while($cr=m$cq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
                 if(!$userslist[$cr->uid])
                     $userslist[$cr->uid]=user_load($cr->users_id);
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ else if($_POST['donortype']=="individual") {
 		$query="SELECT *,MAX(year) FROM users WHERE types LIKE '%$t%' GROUP BY uid HAVING deleted='no' ORDER BY lastname,firstname";
 		$q=$pdo->prepare($query);
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 			if(!$userslist[$r->uid])
 				$userslist[$r->uid]=user_load_by_uid($r->uid);
diff --git a/admin/fundraising_main.inc.php b/admin/fundraising_main.inc.php
index 02e192e0..264821ea 100644
--- a/admin/fundraising_main.inc.php
+++ b/admin/fundraising_main.inc.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if($_GET['action']=="fundraisingmain") {
 		  ORDER BY status DESC, probability DESC, name
             ");
 	 $sq->execute();
-    echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+    show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	while($sr=$sq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 		echo "<tr id=\"sponsorships_$sr->id\" class=\"fundraising{$sr->status}\">";
 		echo "<td>";
diff --git a/admin/fundraising_reports_std.php b/admin/fundraising_reports_std.php
index 7e20518b..729e0121 100644
--- a/admin/fundraising_reports_std.php
+++ b/admin/fundraising_reports_std.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 			 $sql.=" ORDER BY name";
 			 $q=$pdo->prepare($sql);
 			 $q->execute();
-			 echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			 show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			 while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 				 $rep->heading($r->name);
 				 $table=array();
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
 			 $sql.=" ORDER BY name";
 			 $q=$pdo->prepare($sql);
 			 $q->execute();
-			 echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			 show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 			 while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 				 $rep->heading($r->name)." (".$r->budget.")";
diff --git a/admin/fundraising_setup.php b/admin/fundraising_setup.php
index a805e93f..52aa8fc4 100644
--- a/admin/fundraising_setup.php
+++ b/admin/fundraising_setup.php
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
                 $goal=ereg_replace("[^a-z]","",$goal);
                 $q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM fundraising_goals WHERE goal='$goal' AND fiscalyear='{$config['FISCALYEAR']}'");
                 $q->execute();
-                echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+                show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
                 if($q->rowCount()) {
                     error_("The automatically generated purpose key (%1) generated from (%2) is not unique.  Please try a different Purpose Name",array($goal,$_POST['name']));
                     exit;
diff --git a/admin/fundraising_sponsorship.php b/admin/fundraising_sponsorship.php
index 8530d9e2..471bd943 100644
--- a/admin/fundraising_sponsorship.php
+++ b/admin/fundraising_sponsorship.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function typechange() {
 
 	 $q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM sponsors ORDER BY organization");
 	 $q->execute();
-	 echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	 show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
      echo "<span id=\"sponsor_type_organization\" style=\"display: none;\">";
 	 echo "<select name=\"sponsors_id\">";
 	 echo "<option value=\"\">".i18n("Choose")."</option>\n";
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function typechange() {
 
 	 $q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT users.*, MAX(year) AS year FROM users WHERE (firstname!='' AND lastname!='') GROUP BY uid HAVING deleted='no' ORDER BY lastname,firstname");
 	 $q->execute();
-	 echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	 show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
      echo "<span id=\"sponsor_type_individual\" style=\"display: none;\">";
 	 echo "<select name=\"users_uid\">";
 	 echo "<option value=\"\">".i18n("Choose")."</option>\n";
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function typechange() {
 	 echo "<td>";
 	 $q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM fundraising WHERE year='{$config['FAIRYEAR']}' ORDER BY name");
 	 $q->execute();
-	 echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	 show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	 echo "<select name=\"fundraising_type\">";
 	 echo "<option value=\"\">".i18n("Choose")."</option>\n";
 	 while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
diff --git a/admin/judges_sa.php b/admin/judges_sa.php
index f75c22eb..5709cdd8 100644
--- a/admin/judges_sa.php
+++ b/admin/judges_sa.php
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ foreach($judges as &$j) {
 				AND judges_specialaward_sel.users_id='{$j['id']}'
 				AND award_awards.year='{$config['FAIRYEAR']}'");
 	$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	if($j['special_award_only'] == 'yes') {
 		TRACE("   {$j['name']} is a special awards only.\n");
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ function judge_team_add_judge($team_id, $users_id)
 		 VALUES ('$users_id','$team_id','{$judges[$users_id]['willing_chair']}',
 				'{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')");
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ if($config['scheduler_enable_sa_scheduling'] == 'yes') {
 							(judges_teams_id,judges_timeslots_id,year)
 							VALUES ('{$t['id']}', '{$r['timeslots'][0]['id']}', '{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')")
 			$stmt->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 			foreach($t['projects'] as $proj) {
 				$pid = $proj['id'];
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ if($config['scheduler_enable_sa_scheduling'] == 'yes') {
 								(judges_teams_id,judges_timeslots_id,projects_id,year)
 								VALUES ('{$t['id']}', '{$r['timeslots'][0]['id']}', '$pid', '{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')");
 				$stmt->execute();
-				echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+				show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			}
 			$ids = $a->bucket[$x];
 			foreach($a->bucket[$x] as $jid) {
diff --git a/admin/judges_teams.php b/admin/judges_teams.php
index 11ff0201..5d861f70 100644
--- a/admin/judges_teams.php
+++ b/admin/judges_teams.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 					year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'
 					AND autocreate_type_id='1'
 					");
-					echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+					show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		$numdeleted=0;
 		while($r2=$q2->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 		{
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 				$name="($r->award_type) $r->name";
 				$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO judges_teams(num,name,autocreate_type_id,year) VALUES ('$num','$name','$r->award_types_id','".$config['FAIRYEAR']."')");
 				$stmt->execute();
-				echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+				show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				$team_id=$pdo->lastInsertId();
 				if($team_id) {
 					//now link the new team to the award
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
 	{
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO judges_teams(num,year) VALUES ('".$_GET['num']."','".$config['FAIRYEAR']."')");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		$edit=$pdo->lastInsertId();
 		$action="edit";
 	}
diff --git a/admin/judges_teams_projects.php b/admin/judges_teams_projects.php
index 7094e534..39a0a684 100644
--- a/admin/judges_teams_projects.php
+++ b/admin/judges_teams_projects.php
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ if( ($action=="edit" || $action=="assign" ) && $edit)
 					");
 			$projq->execute();
 
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			while($proj=$projq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 				echo "<a onclick=\"return confirmClick('Are you sure you want to remove this project from this team timeslot?')\" href=\"judges_teams_projects.php?action=delete&delete=".$proj->link_id."&edit=".$team['id']."\"><img border=0 src=\"".$config['SFIABDIRECTORY']."/images/16/button_cancel.".$config['icon_extension']."\"></a>";
 				echo "$proj->projectnumber - $proj->title <br />";
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ if( ($action=="edit" || $action=="assign" ) && $edit)
 				");
 			$projq->execute();
 
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			while($proj=$projq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
                 if(!in_array($proj->language,$team['languages_members'])) 
                     echo "<span class=\"error\">";
diff --git a/admin/judges_timeslots.php b/admin/judges_timeslots.php
index c177d60d..1d9fdf82 100644
--- a/admin/judges_timeslots.php
+++ b/admin/judges_timeslots.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 								WHERE id='$timeslot_id'");
 		$stmt->execute();
 
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		message_push(happy(i18n("Timeslot successfully saved")));
 		$action = '';
 	}
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 			$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT 	DATE_ADD('$date $hr:$min:00', INTERVAL $duration MINUTE) AS endtime, 
 						DATE_ADD('$date $hr:$min:00', INTERVAL $tt MINUTE) AS startnext ");
 			$q->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			$r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
 			list($ed,$et)=split(" ",$r->endtime);
 			list($nd,$nt)=split(" ",$r->startnext);
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 					'$starttime', '$et',
 					'{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')");
 			$stmt->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			$date=$nd;
 			list($s_h,$s_m,$s_s)=split(":",$nt);
 			list($e_h,$e_m,$e_s)=split(":",$et);
diff --git a/admin/judging_score_edit.php b/admin/judging_score_edit.php
index bc061c3d..298d4f96 100644
--- a/admin/judging_score_edit.php
+++ b/admin/judging_score_edit.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 			          " WHERE judges_teams_id = " . $_POST["team_" . $curr_team . "_id"] . 
 			          " and projects_id =$project_id and year=$year");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		 echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		 show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		 }
 		 $curr_team--;
 	 }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ $q->execute();
 									     AND projects_id = ".$project_id." ORDER BY judges_teams_id"
 								);
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
     echo "Project# ".$project_number."  ".$project_title."<br />";
 	if ($score_error != "") {
 	echo $score_error."<br />";	
diff --git a/admin/judging_score_entry.php b/admin/judging_score_entry.php
index d31d7cdd..f8de9e2a 100644
--- a/admin/judging_score_entry.php
+++ b/admin/judging_score_entry.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ $ORDERBY="projects.projectcategories_id, projects.projectdivisions_id, projects.
 				$ORDERBY
 			");
 	$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	
 	if($_GET['csv'] != 'yes') {
 		echo "<a href='judging_score_entry.php?csv=yes'>" . i18n("Generate CSV Report") . "</a>\n";
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ $ORDERBY="projects.projectcategories_id, projects.projectdivisions_id, projects.
 									          AND projects_id = ".$r->projectid." ORDER BY judges_teams_id"
 								);
 			$p->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			while($s=$p->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
                                 $team=getJudgingTeam($s->judges_teams_id);
                                 $teamNames=array_map("teamMemberToName", $team['members']);
diff --git a/admin/project_editor.php b/admin/project_editor.php
index 9cdde025..75a1d742 100644
--- a/admin/project_editor.php
+++ b/admin/project_editor.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ case 'project_regenerate_number':
 				projectnumber_seq='0',projectsort_seq='0'
 				WHERE id='$id'");
 	$pdo->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
  	list($pn,$ps,$pns,$pss) = generateProjectNumber($registrations_id);
 //	print("Generated Project Number [$pn]");
 	$pdo->prepare("UPDATE projects SET projectnumber='$pn',projectsort='$ps',
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ function project_save()
 			"WHERE id='".intval($_POST['id'])."'");
 		$stmt->execute();
 	}
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	happy_("Flagging process successfully updated");
 	
 	if($config['participant_project_title_charmax'] && strlen(stripslashes($_POST['title']))>$config['participant_project_title_charmax']) {  //0 for no limit, eg 255 database field limit 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ function project_save()
 			"feedback='".iconv("UTF-8","ISO-8859-1//TRANSLIT",stripslashes($_POST['feedback']))."', ".
 			"projectsort='".stripslashes($_POST['projectsort'])."'".
 			"WHERE id='".intval($_POST['id']))."'");
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	happy_("Project information successfully updated");
 
 	//check if they changed the project number
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ if($config['project_type'] == 'yes'){
 	if($config['filterdivisionbycategory']=="yes"){
 		$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT projectdivisions.* FROM projectdivisions,projectcategoriesdivisions_link WHERE projectdivisions.id=projectdivisions_id AND projectcategories_id=".$projectcategories_id." AND projectdivisions.year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."' AND projectcategoriesdivisions_link.year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."' ORDER BY division"); 
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	//###
 	} else
 		$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM projectdivisions WHERE year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."' ORDER BY division");
diff --git a/admin/registration_list.php b/admin/registration_list.php
index 3282c5dc..ea738052 100644
--- a/admin/registration_list.php
+++ b/admin/registration_list.php
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ function list_query($year, $wherestatus, $reg_id)
 	
 
 	// FIXME
-	//echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	//show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	return $q;
 }
 
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ function print_row($r)
 				students.schools_id=schools.id
 			");
 	$sq->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	$studnum=1;
 	$schools="";
diff --git a/admin/registration_receivedforms.php b/admin/registration_receivedforms.php
index d8eb17d9..1efb73d2 100644
--- a/admin/registration_receivedforms.php
+++ b/admin/registration_receivedforms.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ $showformatbottom=true;
 						");
 				$q->execute();
 
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				$projectinfo=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
 				echo "<table class=\"summarytable\">";
  				echo "<tr><th colspan=\"2\">".i18n("Registration Summary for %1",array($reg_num))."</th></tr>";
diff --git a/admin/reports_acscript.php b/admin/reports_acscript.php
index 6f334f21..f72a8a7e 100644
--- a/admin/reports_acscript.php
+++ b/admin/reports_acscript.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ if(!$scriptformat) $scriptformat="default";
 			ORDER BY awards_order");
 		$q->execute();
 
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 //	echo "<pre>";
 	if(!$q->rowCount()) {
 		$rep->output();
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if(!$scriptformat) $scriptformat="default";
 						`order`,
 						projects.projectnumber");
 		$pq->execute();
-					echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+					show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 		$r->winners = array();
 		$r->awarded_count = 0;
diff --git a/admin/reports_program_awards.php b/admin/reports_program_awards.php
index caaaf9b4..ad692f1b 100644
--- a/admin/reports_program_awards.php
+++ b/admin/reports_program_awards.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 			ORDER BY awards_order");
 	$q->execute();
 
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	if($q->rowCCount())
 	{
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 			//get teh age categories
 			$acq=$pdo->prepare("SELECT projectcategories.category FROM projectcategories, award_awards_projectcategories  WHERE projectcategories.year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."' AND award_awards_projectcategories.year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."' AND award_awards_projectcategories.award_awards_id='$r->id' AND award_awards_projectcategories.projectcategories_id=projectcategories.id ORDER BY projectcategories.id");
 			$acq->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			$cats="";
 			while($acr=$acq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 			{
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 					ORDER BY 
 						`order`");
 			$pq->execute();
-					echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+					show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			$prevprizeid=-1;
 			while($pr=$pq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 			{
diff --git a/admin/reports_projects_details.php b/admin/reports_projects_details.php
index 82e186b5..f3719ed0 100644
--- a/admin/reports_projects_details.php
+++ b/admin/reports_projects_details.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 			ORDER BY
 				projects.projectnumber
 			");
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	$totalprojects=$projq->rowCount();
 	$projectcount=0;
diff --git a/admin/reports_students.inc.php b/admin/reports_students.inc.php
index 32fa02ee..a7a2625f 100644
--- a/admin/reports_students.inc.php
+++ b/admin/reports_students.inc.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function reports_students_award_selfnom_num($report, $field, $text, $n)
 					AND project_specialawards_link.year='$year'
 				LIMIT $n,1");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$i = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
 	return $i['name'];
 }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function report_student_regfee_item($report, $field, $text) {
 	$id=intval(substr($field,12));
 	$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT regfee_items_id FROM regfee_items_link WHERE students_id='$text' AND regfee_items_id='$id'");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	if($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 		return i18n("Yes");
 	}
diff --git a/admin/rerollprizes.php b/admin/rerollprizes.php
index 853008cd..692c3ce9 100644
--- a/admin/rerollprizes.php
+++ b/admin/rerollprizes.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 		//awards
 		$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM award_awards WHERE year='$currentfairyear'");
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 		{
 			$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO award_awards (award_sponsors_id,award_types_id,name,criteria,presenter,`order`,year,excludefromac,cwsfaward) VALUES (
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 			
 			$q2=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM award_awards_projectcategories WHERE year='$currentfairyear' AND award_awards_id='$r->id'");
 			$q2->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			while($r2=$q2->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 			{
 				$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO award_awards_projectcategories (award_awards_id,projectcategories_id,year) VALUES (
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 
 			$q2=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM award_awards_projectdivisions WHERE year='$currentfairyear' AND award_awards_id='$r->id'");
 			$q2->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			while($r2=$q2->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 			{
 				$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO award_awards_projectdivisions (award_awards_id,projectdivisions_id,year) VALUES (
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 			echo i18n("&nbsp; Rolling award prizes")."<br />";
 			$q2=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM award_prizes WHERE year='$currentfairyear' AND award_awards_id='$r->id'");
 			$q2->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			while($r2=$q2->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 			{
 				$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO award_prizes (award_awards_id,cash,scholarship,`value`,prize,number,`order`,year,excludefromac) VALUES (
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 		//award contacts
 		$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM award_contacts WHERE year='$currentfairyear'");
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 			$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO award_contacts (award_sponsors_id,salutation,firstname,lastname,position,email,phonehome,phonework,phonecell,fax,notes,year) VALUES (
 				'".$r->award_sponsors_id."',
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 		//award types
 		$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM award_types WHERE year='$currentfairyear'");
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 			$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO award_types (id,type,`order`,year) VALUES (
 				'".$r->id."',
diff --git a/admin/schoolsimport.php b/admin/schoolsimport.php
index 16b5fa30..53f83e77 100644
--- a/admin/schoolsimport.php
+++ b/admin/schoolsimport.php
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 										if(!$pdo->errorInfo())
 						$loaded++;
 					else
-						echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+						show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				}
 				echo happy(i18n("Successfully loaded %1 schools",array($loaded)));
 				echo "<a href=\"schools.php\">".i18n("School Management")."</a> <br />";
diff --git a/admin/send_emailqueue.php b/admin/send_emailqueue.php
index 73d582db..056fe67b 100644
--- a/admin/send_emailqueue.php
+++ b/admin/send_emailqueue.php
@@ -71,21 +71,21 @@ if(!$config['emailqueue_lock'])  {
 			if($result) {
 				$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE emailqueue_recipients SET sent=NOW(), `result`='ok' WHERE id='$r->id'");
 				$stmt->execute()
-				echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+				show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				$newnumsent=$email->numsent+1;
 				$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE emailqueue SET numsent=$newnumsent WHERE id='$email->id'");
 				$stmt->execute();
-				echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+				show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				echo "ok\n";
 			}
 			else {
 				$stmt = Spdo->prepare("UPDATE emailqueue_recipients SET `sent`=NOW(), `result`='failed' WHERE id='$r->id'");
 				$stmt->execute();
-				echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+				show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				$newnumfailed=$email->numfailed+1;
 				$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE emailqueue SET numfailed=$newnumfailed WHERE id='$email->id'");
 				$stmt->execute();
-				echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+				show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				echo "failed\n";
 			}
 			//now check if we're done yet
diff --git a/admin/sponsor_contacts.php b/admin/sponsor_contacts.php
index 17efdaeb..8c3d9d85 100644
--- a/admin/sponsor_contacts.php
+++ b/admin/sponsor_contacts.php
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 					 AND deleted='no' 
 					 ORDER BY lastname,firstname");
 			$q->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 			if($q->rowCount())
 			{
diff --git a/admin/student_editor.php b/admin/student_editor.php
index e8a90bc0..c1de9bd1 100644
--- a/admin/student_editor.php
+++ b/admin/student_editor.php
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function students_load()
 				registrations_id='$registrations_id' 
 				AND year='{$config['FAIRYEAR']}'");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	$numfound=$q->rowCount();
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ function registration_save()
 				WHERE 
 					id='$registrations_id'");
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	/* And the fairs_id, override anythign specified 
 	 * if the user is a fair, force their own fairs_id */
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ function registration_save()
 				WHERE 
 					registrations_id='$registrations_id'");
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	happy_('Information Saved');
 	echo "<script language=\"javascript\" type=\"text/javascript\">";
 	echo "registrations_id=$registrations_id;";
diff --git a/admin/tours_assignments.php b/admin/tours_assignments.php
index d6e71e10..de792146 100644
--- a/admin/tours_assignments.php
+++ b/admin/tours_assignments.php
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ function switchinfo()
 	$q=$pdo->prepare($querystr);
 	$q->execute();
 
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	$student = array();
 	$last_student_id = -1;
diff --git a/admin/user_editor_window.php b/admin/user_editor_window.php
index bde7bbb7..8eb3d4cc 100644
--- a/admin/user_editor_window.php
+++ b/admin/user_editor_window.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if(array_key_exists('username',$_GET)) {
 	$un = $username;
 	$q = $pdo->prepare("SELECT id,MAX(year),deleted FROM users WHERE username='$un' GROUP BY uid");
 	$q->execute();
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	if($q->rowCount()) {
 		$r = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
diff --git a/app/projectinfo.php b/app/projectinfo.php
index ac2ba843..0f8f845d 100644
--- a/app/projectinfo.php
+++ b/app/projectinfo.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 					AND projects.projectnumber='$pn'
 				LIMIT 1
 				");
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		$r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
 
 		$regid=$r['reg_id'];
diff --git a/app/projectlist.php b/app/projectlist.php
index 2e21daf6..ec9c0f8b 100644
--- a/app/projectlist.php
+++ b/app/projectlist.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 					projects.projectnumber
 				");
 			$q->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		
 		$lastcat="something_that_does_not_exist";
 		$lastdiv="something_that_does_not_exist";
diff --git a/app/projects.php b/app/projects.php
index e50f1299..a0ae9538 100644
--- a/app/projects.php
+++ b/app/projects.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 					projects.projectnumber
 				");
 			$q->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		
 		$lastcat="something_that_does_not_exist";
 		$lastdiv="something_that_does_not_exist";
diff --git a/config/backuprestore.php b/config/backuprestore.php
index 57b5b031..6986a2c8 100644
--- a/config/backuprestore.php
+++ b/config/backuprestore.php
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ else if (get_value_from_array($_POST, 'action') == 'clean_judges') {
 	//select all judges
 	$query = $pdo->prepare('SELECT * FROM users WHERE types LIKE "judge"');
 	$query->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	
 	// Go through each judge and test:
 	while($judge = $query->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)){
diff --git a/config/categories.php b/config/categories.php
index 456ed586..ee1b3d11 100644
--- a/config/categories.php
+++ b/config/categories.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	{
 		$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT id FROM projectcategories WHERE id='".$_POST['id']."' AND year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'");
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		if($q->rowCount() && $_POST['saveid']!=$_POST['id'])
 		{
 			echo error(i18n("Category ID %1 already exists",array($_POST['id']),array("category ID")));
diff --git a/config/pagetexts.php b/config/pagetexts.php
index 357bed0f..05c55102 100644
--- a/config/pagetexts.php
+++ b/config/pagetexts.php
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 			{
 					$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO pagetext (textname,year,lang) VALUES ('".$pdo->quote($_GET['textname'])."','".$config['FAIRYEAR']."','$lang')");
 					$stmt->execute();
-					echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+					show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			}
 
 			if($r->lastupdate=="0000-00-00 00:00:00" || !$r->lastupdate) $lastupdate="Never";
diff --git a/config/safetyquestions.php b/config/safetyquestions.php
index a395adf7..7fff75bd 100644
--- a/config/safetyquestions.php
+++ b/config/safetyquestions.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 					'".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'
 					)");
 		$stmt->execute();
-					echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+					show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 		echo happy(i18n("Safety question successfully added"));
 	}
diff --git a/db/db.update.116.php b/db/db.update.116.php
index aea9f001..9bbfc8de 100644
--- a/db/db.update.116.php
+++ b/db/db.update.116.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ function db_update_116_post()
 	/* Fix the users that have a 0 year */
 	$q = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE `users` SET year={$config['FAIRYEAR']} WHERE year=0");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	/* Fix users without a username */
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE `users` SET `username`=`email` WHERE `username`=''");
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 				SET volunteer_complete='{$i->complete}' 
 				WHERE users_id='{$i->id}'");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	}
 
 	/* Every committee member role should be activated */
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 				SET committee_active='yes' 
 				WHERE users_id='{$i->id}'");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	}
 
 	/* Convert Judges */
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 			$sql="UPDATE users SET $sqlset `types`='{$ur->types},judge',`username`='".$j->email."' WHERE id='$id'";
 			$stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
 			$stmt->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			echo "   Updated user record with judge info, but only merged:\n";
 			echo "   ($sqlset)\n";
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 					registrations_id='{$j->id}' AND
 					questions_id='{$i->id}'");
 			$q->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			if($q->rowCount() == 0) {
 				echo "Warning: Judge {$j->id} did not answer question '$head' in year '{$j->year}', cannot copy answer.\n";
 				continue;
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 		$vals = "'".join("','", array_values($uj))."'";
 		$q = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO users_judge ($fields) VALUES ($vals)");
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 		/* FIXUP all the judging tables (but don't write back yet, we don't want to 
 		 * accidentally create a duplicate judges_id and overwrite it later) */
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ $q->execute();
 		$q = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM judges_specialaward_sel WHERE judges_id='{$j->id}' AND year='{$j->year}'");
 
 $q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		while($i = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) 
 			$jsal[$i->id] = $id;
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ $q->execute();
 		$q = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM question_answers WHERE registrations_id='{$j->id}' AND year='{$j->year}'");
 
 $q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		while($i = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) 
 			$qa[$i->id] = $id;
 	}
diff --git a/db/db.update.118.php b/db/db.update.118.php
index 41e8c271..fe3a35e7 100644
--- a/db/db.update.118.php
+++ b/db/db.update.118.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function db_update_118_post()
 			$sql="UPDATE users SET $sqlset `types`='{$ur->types},sponsor' WHERE id='$user_id'";
 			$stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
 			$stmt->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			echo "  Updated user record\n";
 
 		}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function db_update_118_post()
 			$sql.=",'".$r->year."')";
 			$stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
 			$stmt->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 			$user_id=$pdo->lastInsertId();
 			//and link it to themselves as a starting record
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ function db_update_118_post()
 				'".$r->position."',
 				'".$r->notes."')");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/db/db.update.129.user.inc.php b/db/db.update.129.user.inc.php
index 082d407e..6944b893 100644
--- a/db/db.update.129.user.inc.php
+++ b/db/db.update.129.user.inc.php
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ function db129_user_set_password($id, $password = NULL)
 	$query = "UPDATE users SET $set WHERE id='$id'";
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	return $password;
 }
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ function db129_user_save_type_list($u, $db, $fields)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
 		$stmt->execute();
 		if($pdo->errorInfo()) {
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			echo error("Full query: $query");
 		}
 	}
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ function db129_user_save($u)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
 		$stmt->execute();
 //		echo "query=[$query]";
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	}
 
 	/* Save the password if it changed */
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ function db129_user_dupe_row($db, $key, $val, $newval)
 //	echo "Dupe Query: [$q]";
 	$r = $pdo->prepare($q);
 	$r->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	$id = $pdo->lastInsertId();
 	return $id;
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ function db129_user_create($type, $username, $u = NULL)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO users (`types`,`username`,`passwordset`,`created`,`year`) 
 			VALUES ('$type', '$username','0000-00-00', NOW(), '{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		$uid = $pdo->lastInsertId();
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE users SET uid='$uid' WHERE id='$uid'");
 		$stmt->execute();
diff --git a/db/db.update.146.user.inc.php b/db/db.update.146.user.inc.php
index 0db8c1a3..9fa50675 100644
--- a/db/db.update.146.user.inc.php
+++ b/db/db.update.146.user.inc.php
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ function db146_user_set_password($id, $password = NULL)
 	$query = "UPDATE users SET $set WHERE id='$id'";
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	return $password;
 }
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ function db146_user_save_type_list($u, $db, $fields)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
 		$stmt->execute();
 		if($pdo->errorInfo()) {
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			echo error("Full query: $query");
 		}
 	}
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ function db146_user_save(&$u)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
 		$stmt->execute();
 //		echo "query=[$query]";
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	}
 
 	/* Save the password if it changed */
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ function db146_user_dupe_row($db, $key, $val, $newval)
 //	echo "Dupe Query: [$q]";
 	$r = $pdo->prepare($q);
 	$r->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	$id = $pdo->lastInsertId();
 	return $id;
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ function db146_user_create($type, $username, $u = NULL)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO users (`types`,`username`,`passwordset`,`created`,`year`) 
 			VALUES ('$type','$username','0000-00-00', NOW(), '{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		$uid = $pdo->lastInsertId();
         if(db146_user_valid_email($username)) {
             $stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE users SET email='$username' WHERE id='$uid'");
@@ -737,13 +737,13 @@ function db146_user_create($type, $username, $u = NULL)
 			
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE users SET uid='$uid' WHERE id='$uid'");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		db146_user_set_password($uid, NULL);
 		/* Since the user already has a type, user_save won't create this
 		 * entry for us, so do it here */
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO users_$type (users_id) VALUES('$uid')");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		/* Load the complete user */
 		$u = db146_user_load($uid);
 	} else {
diff --git a/db/db.update.149.user.inc.php b/db/db.update.149.user.inc.php
index 31871184..51a1fffd 100644
--- a/db/db.update.149.user.inc.php
+++ b/db/db.update.149.user.inc.php
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ function db149_user_set_password($id, $password = NULL)
 	$query = "UPDATE users SET $set WHERE id='$id'";
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	return $password;
 }
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ function db149_user_save_type_list($u, $db, $fields)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
 		$stmt->execute();
 		if($pdo->errorInfo()) {
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			echo error("Full query: $query");
 		}
 	}
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ function db149_user_save(&$u)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare($query);
 		$stmt->execute();
 //		echo "query=[$query]";
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	}
 
 	/* Save the password if it changed */
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ function db149_user_dupe_row($db, $key, $val, $newval)
 //	echo "Dupe Query: [$q]";
 	$r = $pdo->prepare($q);
 	$r->execute(0;)
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	$id = $pdo->lastInsertId();
 	return $id;
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ function db149_user_create($type, $username, $u = NULL)
 		
 			VALUES ('$type','$username','0000-00-00', NOW(), '{$config['FAIRYEAR']}')");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		$uid = $pdo->lastInsertId();
         if(db149_user_valid_email($username)) {
             $stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE users SET email='$username' WHERE id='$uid'");
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ function db149_user_create($type, $username, $u = NULL)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE users SET uid='$uid' WHERE id='$uid'");
 		$stmt->execute();
 		
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		
 		db149_user_set_password($uid, NULL);
 		/* Since the user already has a type, user_save won't create this
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ function db149_user_create($type, $username, $u = NULL)
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO users_$type (users_id) VALUES('$uid')");
 		$stmt->execute();
 		
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		
 		/* Load the complete user */
 		$u = db149_user_load($uid);
diff --git a/db/db.update.62.php b/db/db.update.62.php
index e8aae6f5..5ff733db 100644
--- a/db/db.update.62.php
+++ b/db/db.update.62.php
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function db_update_62_post()
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare($q);
 		$stmt->execute();
 		echo "$q\n";
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 					
 		/* Update committee links */
 		$q = "UPDATE committees_link SET users_id='$id'
diff --git a/judge_schedule.php b/judge_schedule.php
index e33abd03..257ba209 100644
--- a/judge_schedule.php
+++ b/judge_schedule.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ while($t = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
 				WHERE judges_teams_timeslots_link.judges_teams_id={$t['judges_teams_id']}");
 	$qq->execute();
 	$tt = $qq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$t['timeslot'] = $tt;
 
 	/* Load award */
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ while($t = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
 				LEFT JOIN award_types as T ON T.id=award_awards.award_types_id
 				WHERE judges_teams_awards_link.judges_teams_id={$t['judges_teams_id']}");
 	$qq->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$aa = $qq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
 	$t['award'] = $aa;
 
diff --git a/projects.inc.php b/projects.inc.php
index 5c0bd636..25d3b97c 100644
--- a/projects.inc.php
+++ b/projects.inc.php
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ function getSpecialAwardsEligibleForProject($projectid)
 				");
 		$awardsq->execute();
 	$awards=array();
-	 echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	 show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	while($r=$awardsq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 	{
 		$awards[$r->id]=array(
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function getSpecialAwardsNominatedForProject($projectid)
 				");
 	$awardsq->execute();
 	$awards=array();
-	 echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	 show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	while($r=$awardsq->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 	{
 		$awards[$r->id]=array(
diff --git a/questions.inc.php b/questions.inc.php
index 59e207e6..68359ca3 100644
--- a/questions.inc.php
+++ b/questions.inc.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ function questions_save_answers($section, $id, $answers)
     while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
         $stmt = $pdo->prepare("DELETE FROM question_answers WHERE users_id='$id' AND questions_id='$r->id'");
 		$stmt->execute();
-        echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+        show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
     }
 		
 	$keys = array_keys($answers);
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function questions_update_question($qs)
 			`ord`=".intval($qs['ord']."
 			WHERE id='{$qs['id']}' "));
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 }
 
 function questions_save_new_question($qs, $year)
diff --git a/register_participants.inc.php b/register_participants.inc.php
index 0f3b6139..87201838 100644
--- a/register_participants.inc.php
+++ b/register_participants.inc.php
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ function generateProjectNumber($registration_id)
 			AND	projectdivisions.year='{$config['FAIRYEAR']}'
 				");
 	$q->execute();
-				echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+				show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
 
 	$p=array('number'=>array(), 'sort'=>array() );
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ function generateProjectNumber($registration_id)
 				AND projectnumber_seq!='0'
 				AND projectnumber IS NOT NULL");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	while($i = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 		if( ($r->projectdivisions_id == $i->projectdivisions_id)
 		  &&($r->projectcategories_id == $i->projectcategories_id) ) {
diff --git a/register_participants_emergencycontact.php b/register_participants_emergencycontact.php
index 902b36e3..22175d01 100644
--- a/register_participants_emergencycontact.php
+++ b/register_participants_emergencycontact.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	"AND students.registrations_id=registrations.id ".
 	"AND registrations.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']." ".
 	"AND students.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']);
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0)
  {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ echo $pdo->errorInfo();
 						"email='".stripslashes($_POST['email'][$id])."' ".
 						"WHERE id='$id'");
 				$stmt->execute();
-						echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+						show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				echo notice(i18n("Emergency contact information successfully updated"));
 			}
 			else
diff --git a/register_participants_isefforms.php b/register_participants_isefforms.php
index 44b7d800..250ff27c 100644
--- a/register_participants_isefforms.php
+++ b/register_participants_isefforms.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	"AND registrations.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']." ".
 	"AND students.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']);
 $q->execute();
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0)
  {
diff --git a/register_participants_main.php b/register_participants_main.php
index d0e79384..469bfd9a 100644
--- a/register_participants_main.php
+++ b/register_participants_main.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	"AND registrations.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']." ".
 	"AND students.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']);
 $q->execute();
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0)
  {
diff --git a/register_participants_mentor.php b/register_participants_mentor.php
index 9393da83..230237f1 100644
--- a/register_participants_mentor.php
+++ b/register_participants_mentor.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	"AND registrations.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']." ".
 	"AND students.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']);
 $q->execute();
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0)
  {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if($_POST['action']=="save")
 							"'".stripslashes($_POST['description'][$x])."', ".
 							"'".$config['FAIRYEAR']."')");
 					$stmt->execute();
-					echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+					show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 					echo notice(i18n("%1 %2 successfully added",array($_POST['firstname'][$x],$_POST['lastname'][$x])));
 				}
diff --git a/register_participants_namecheck.php b/register_participants_namecheck.php
index cbd438b2..39e87db4 100644
--- a/register_participants_namecheck.php
+++ b/register_participants_namecheck.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
  }
 
  $q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM students WHERE registrations_id='{$_SESSION['registration_id']}'");
- echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+ show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0) {
  	header("Location: register_participants.php");
diff --git a/register_participants_project.php b/register_participants_project.php
index ac974b70..e384ca32 100644
--- a/register_participants_project.php
+++ b/register_participants_project.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 	"AND registrations.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']." ".
 	"AND students.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']);
 $q->execute();
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0)
  {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ echo $pdo->errorInfo();
 					"summarycountok='$summarycountok'".
 					"WHERE id='".$_POST['id']."'");
 			$stmt->execute();
-					echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+					show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			echo notice(i18n("Project information successfully updated"));
 		}
 		else
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ function countwords()
  if($config['filterdivisionbycategory']=="yes"){
 	$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT projectdivisions.* FROM projectdivisions,projectcategoriesdivisions_link WHERE projectdivisions.id=projectdivisions_id AND projectcategories_id=".$projectcategories_id." AND projectdivisions.year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."' AND projectcategoriesdivisions_link.year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."' ORDER BY division"); 
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 }else
  	$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM projectdivisions WHERE year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."' ORDER BY division");
diff --git a/register_participants_project_divisionselector.php b/register_participants_project_divisionselector.php
index 165b84fb..fa5b9b91 100644
--- a/register_participants_project_divisionselector.php
+++ b/register_participants_project_divisionselector.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	"AND registrations.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']." ".
 	"AND students.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']);
 $q->execute();
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0)
  {
diff --git a/register_participants_safety.php b/register_participants_safety.php
index deb80da6..4a2fa7e7 100644
--- a/register_participants_safety.php
+++ b/register_participants_safety.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	"AND registrations.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']." ".
 	"AND students.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']);
 $q->execute();
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0) {
  	header("Location: register_participants.php");
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ echo $pdo->errorInfo();
 						"'".$config['FAIRYEAR']."', ".
 						"'".stripslashes($_POST['safety'][$val]))."')";
 				$stmt->execute();
-						echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+						show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 			}
 		}
 	}	
diff --git a/register_participants_signature.php b/register_participants_signature.php
index aa8ffa5b..abebbbe9 100644
--- a/register_participants_signature.php
+++ b/register_participants_signature.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	$registration_id=$_SESSION['registration_id'];
 $q->execute();
 
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0)
  {
diff --git a/register_participants_signature_tcpdf.php b/register_participants_signature_tcpdf.php
index 8c7278a4..21c04576 100644
--- a/register_participants_signature_tcpdf.php
+++ b/register_participants_signature_tcpdf.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 	$registration_id=$_SESSION['registration_id'];
 	$q->execute();
 
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	if($q->rowCount()==0) {
 	 	header("Location: register_participants.php");
diff --git a/register_participants_spawards.php b/register_participants_spawards.php
index 24bce44d..6ecfb216 100644
--- a/register_participants_spawards.php
+++ b/register_participants_spawards.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	"AND registrations.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']." ".
 	"AND students.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']);
 	$q->execute();
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0) {
  	header("Location: register_participants.php");
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ function checkboxclicked(b)
 						"'$project->id', ".
 						"'".$config['FAIRYEAR']."')");
 				$stmt->execute();
-						echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+						show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 			}
 			if($num) {
diff --git a/register_participants_students.php b/register_participants_students.php
index 6876e5aa..f57d77e5 100644
--- a/register_participants_students.php
+++ b/register_participants_students.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 	"AND students.registrations_id=registrations.id ".
 	"AND registrations.year=" . $fairyear . " ".
 	"AND students.year=" . $fairyear);
- echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+ show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0)
diff --git a/register_participants_tours.php b/register_participants_tours.php
index 56f2d410..c9335db7 100644
--- a/register_participants_tours.php
+++ b/register_participants_tours.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	"AND registrations.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']." ".
 	"AND students.year=".$config['FAIRYEAR']);
 $q->execute();
-echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
  if($q->rowCount()==0)
  {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ echo $pdo->errorInfo();
 						"'".$config['FAIRYEAR']."', ".
 						"'$rank')");
 					$stmt->execute();
-						echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+						show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				}
 
 			}
diff --git a/remote.php b/remote.php
index 5d649d9d..a53159d8 100644
--- a/remote.php
+++ b/remote.php
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ function handle_stats(&$u,$fair, &$data, &$response)
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare("DELETE FROM fairs_stats WHERE fairs_id='{$u['fairs_id']}'
 		AND year='{$stats['year']}'");
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO fairs_stats (`id`,$keys) VALUES ('',$vals)");
 	$stmt->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	$response['message'] = 'Stats saved';
 	$response['error'] = 0;
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ function award_upload_assign(&$fair, &$award, &$prize, &$project, $year, &$respo
 	$pn = $project['projectnumber'];
 	$q = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM projects WHERE projectnumber='$pn' AND fairs_id='{$fair['id']}' AND year='$year'");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	if($q->rowCount() == 1) {
 		$our_project = $q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
 		$registrations_id = $our_project['registrations_id'];
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ function award_upload_assign(&$fair, &$award, &$prize, &$project, $year, &$respo
 			$regnum=rand(100000,999999);
 			$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM registrations WHERE num='$regnum' AND year=$year");
 			$q->execute();
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		}while($q->rowCount()>0);
 
 		//actually insert it
diff --git a/schoolaccess.php b/schoolaccess.php
index 1554f488..8599fb47 100644
--- a/schoolaccess.php
+++ b/schoolaccess.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if($_SESSION['schoolid'] && $_SESSION['schoolaccesscode'])
 {
 	$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM schools WHERE id='".$_SESSION['schoolid']."' AND accesscode='".$_SESSION['schoolaccesscode']."' AND year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$school=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
 	if($school) {
 		if($_POST['action']=="save") {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if($_SESSION['schoolid'] && $_SESSION['schoolaccesscode'])
 				WHERE id='$school->id'");
 			$stmt->execute();
 
-			echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+			show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				if($pdo->errorInfo())
 					echo error(i18n("An Error occured trying to save the school information"));
 				else
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if($_SESSION['schoolid'] && $_SESSION['schoolaccesscode'])
 				//and reselect it
 				$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM schools WHERE id='".$_SESSION['schoolid']."' AND accesscode='".$_SESSION['schoolaccesscode']."' AND year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'");
 				$q->execute();
-				echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+				show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				$school=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
 		}
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ if($_SESSION['schoolid'] && $_SESSION['schoolaccesscode'])
 						senior='".$_POST['senior']."'
 						WHERE id='$school->id'");
 
-				echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+				show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 				$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM schools WHERE id='".$_SESSION['schoolid']."' AND accesscode='".$_SESSION['schoolaccesscode']."'");
 				echo "<font color=blue><b>Participation Information Successfully Updated</b></font><br>\n";
diff --git a/schoolinvite.php b/schoolinvite.php
index e5278a91..1ac4a7c3 100644
--- a/schoolinvite.php
+++ b/schoolinvite.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if($_SESSION['schoolid'] && $_SESSION['schoolaccesscode'])
 	echo "<br />";
 	$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM schools WHERE id='".$_SESSION['schoolid']."' AND accesscode='".$_SESSION['schoolaccesscode']."' AND year='".$config['FAIRYEAR']."'");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$school=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
 	if($school)
 	{
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ $stmt->execute();
 										GROUP BY registrations.num
 									");
 							$q2->execute();
-									echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+									show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 							$r2=$q2->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ);
 							$currentinvited=$r2->num;
 
diff --git a/scripts/rolloverschools.php b/scripts/rolloverschools.php
index ef9dacca..e09ac7c8 100644
--- a/scripts/rolloverschools.php
+++ b/scripts/rolloverschools.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  {
 	$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM $table WHERE year='$currentfairyear'");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 	$names = '`'.join('`,`', $fields).'`';
 	while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
 		$vals = '';
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 		$stmt = $pdo->prepare("INSERT INTO $table(`year`,$names) VALUES ('$newfairyear'$vals)");
 		$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();	
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);	
 	}
  }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ $newfairyear=2010;
 		//award types
 		$q=$pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM schools WHERE year='$currentfairyear'");
 		$q->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 		while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
 			$puid = ($r->principal_uid == null) ? 'NULL' : ("'".intval($r->principal_uid)."'");
 			$shuid = ($r->sciencehead_uid == null) ? 'NULL' : ("'".intval($r->sciencehead_uid)."'");
diff --git a/sponsor_main.php b/sponsor_main.php
index 2966c5d7..c44e99dc 100644
--- a/sponsor_main.php
+++ b/sponsor_main.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 		  AND sponsors.id='".$u['sponsors_id']."'
 		  ORDER BY status DESC, probability DESC, organization");
 		$sq->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	echo "<table class=\"tableview\">";
 	echo "<tr>";
diff --git a/tours.class.php b/tours.class.php
index d57033a4..d0b7a1da 100644
--- a/tours.class.php
+++ b/tours.class.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function tableEditorLoad()
 			FROM 	tours 
 			WHERE 	tours.id='$id'");
 	$q->execute();
-	echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+	show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 
 	/* We assume that the field names in the array we want to return
diff --git a/volunteer_position.php b/volunteer_position.php
index 24c3e922..c415f071 100644
--- a/volunteer_position.php
+++ b/volunteer_position.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 				users_id='{$u['id']}' 
 				AND year='{$config['FAIRYEAR']}' ");
 	$stmt->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	/* Add new selections if there are any */
 	if($vals != '') {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 				VALUES $vals";
 		$r=$po->prepare($q);
 		$r->execute();
-		echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+		show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/winners.php b/winners.php
index 4391e6da..1b7149c4 100644
--- a/winners.php
+++ b/winners.php
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if(get_value_from_array($_GET, 'year') && get_value_from_array($_GET, 'type')) {
 						ORDER BY 
 							`order`");
 					$pq->execute();
-						echo $pdo->errorInfo();
+						show_pdo_errors_if_any($pdo);
 				$awarded_count = 0;
 				if($show_unawarded_awards=="no")
 				{