Patch applied. Thanks for the COPY \x patch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bruce Momjian wrote: > Tom Lane wrote: > > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes: > > > Here is a new version of the three \x hex support patches. I have added > > > \x for psql variables, which is the last patch. > > > > > I have IM'ed with Peter and he is now OK with the idea of supporting \x, > > > with the underestanding that it doesn't take us any farther away from > > > compatibility than we are now. > > > > Peter may be OK with it, but I object strongly to adding this to SQL > > literals. This is exactly *not* the direction we want to be going in. > > > > I don't really see the point for COPY and psql, either. > > We already support \n, \r, \t, and \octal. I don't see any problem with > improving it. It does not take us any closer or farther away from spec > compliance. > > COPY \x has been requested by several people, and there are actually two > patches that have been submitted in the past year for this. > > As you know, escapes already provide a useful mechanism on COPY and SQL > strings, and there is a plan I just posted to deal with standards > issues, but I don't see \x taking us closer or farther from this. > > Please explain why this takes us in the wrong direction. > > -- > Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us > pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 > + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road > + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
