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. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(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