Patch applied. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Joe Conway wrote: > Stephen Robert Norris wrote: > > Well, no. What it says is that certain values must be escaped (but > > doesn't say which ones). Then it says there are alternate escape > > sequences for some values, which it lists. > > > > It doesn't say "The following table contains the characters which must > > be escaped:", which would be much clearer (and actually useful). > > Attached documentation patch updates the wording for bytea input > escaping, per complaint by Stephen Norris above. > > Please apply. > > Joe [ text/html is unsupported, treating like TEXT/PLAIN ] > Index: doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml > =================================================================== > RCS file: /opt/src/cvs/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v > retrieving revision 1.119 > diff -c -r1.119 datatype.sgml > *** doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml 25 Jun 2003 03:50:52 -0000 1.119 > --- doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml 25 Jun 2003 06:19:28 -0000 > *************** > *** 1062,1069 **** > literal in an <acronym>SQL</acronym> statement. In general, to > escape an octet, it is converted into the three-digit octal number > equivalent of its decimal octet value, and preceded by two > ! backslashes. Some octet values have alternate escape sequences, as > ! shown in <xref linkend="datatype-binary-sqlesc">. > </para> > > <table id="datatype-binary-sqlesc"> > --- 1062,1070 ---- > literal in an <acronym>SQL</acronym> statement. In general, to > escape an octet, it is converted into the three-digit octal number > equivalent of its decimal octet value, and preceded by two > ! backslashes. <xref linkend="datatype-binary-sqlesc"> contains the > ! characters which must be escaped, and gives the alternate escape > ! sequences where applicable. > </para> > > <table id="datatype-binary-sqlesc"> > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (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 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match
