David Wheeler wrote:
> Since, however, nulls aren't really allowed in any PostgreSQL data type 
> (except bytea, and then only if specifically bound as such to a 
> prepared statement), I'm not sure what to do about this. We can't leave 
> the data alone unless we just want PostgreSQL to throw an error (likely 
> to be a mysterious error, as the user won't know why her data is 
> getting truncated).
> 
> I think...throw an exception, since PostgreSQL can't handle the null 
> byte. Then it will be up to the user to clean up her data, and we won't 
> have to touch it.

Yep, throw an error, and maybe point to bytea as the solution, until we
have a better one.  ;-)

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