On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 3:54 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.a...@cybertec.at> wrote:
> The documentation in > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-syntax-lexical.html#SQL-SYNTAX-DOLLAR-QUOTING > says that > > "While the standard syntax for specifying string constants is usually > convenient, > it can be difficult to understand when the desired string contains many > single > quotes or backslashes, since each of those must be doubled." > > But this has been obsolete ever since version 9.1, when > "standard_conforming_strings" > started to default to "on". It has confused at least one reader: > https://dba.stackexchange.com/q/325850/176905 > > So I propose to remove the mention of backslashes there. > > Yours, > Laurenz Albe > +1 I like this.. It's more clear and more accurate!
