Sorry, one more thing. :-( Let me add that I am not 100% sold on the idea either, but using the logic I outlined, I don't see how we can continue to do nothing about this issue, and I am afraid delay will only make an inevitable fix harder. Maybe we will have to wait 2-3 years before we can make a non-E string handle backslashes literally.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote: > > Yep, you probably are. The hurt is backward compatibility, but the gain > > is greater portability with other database systems. > > It's just going to break millions of PHP scripts :( > > Chris > > > ---------------------------(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 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly