BAndrew Dunstan wrote: > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > >> Steve Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >>> I'm not sure I understand what you mean about TEXT being null-safe. > >>> What are the issues, and why was > >>> it supported for years and now abruptly changed. > >>> > >> It never was supported, we are simply plugging a hole that let you > >> create a text value that would be likely to malfunction in subsequent > >> use. > >> > > > > Seems we never documented that chr(0) is not supported. I have applied > > the following doc patch to CVS HEAD and 8.3.X. > > > > > > The NULL (0) character is not > > allowed because text data types cannot reliably store such bytes. > > > > > > > > "Reliably" is arguably misleading here.
Agreed. "Reliably" word removed. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-patches mailing list (pgsql-patches@postgresql.org) To make changes to your Subscription: http://mail.postgresql.org/mj/mj_wwwusr?domain=postgresql.org&extra=pgsql-patches
