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Jeremy Drake wrote:
> Since I have now learned that it is possible to input values in hex in
> postgres, I submit this patch to clean up the ugly workaround I did in the
> largeobject regression test to try to input hex values. It does not
> change the functionality of the test at all, it just makes it more
> readable.
>
> In detail, before when I needed to write hex values, for example
> 0x20000 | 0x40000,
> for the flags to lo_open, I would write it:
> CAST((2 | 4) * 16^4 AS integer)
>
> Now, I write it:
> CAST(x'20000' | x'40000' AS integer)
>
> which is more like the C and other language consumers of the API, and also
> is more obvious what I am trying to do, IMHO.
>
>
> --
> Real Programs don't use shared text. Otherwise, how can they use
> functions for scratch space after they are finished calling them?
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