I notice that non-printables in bytea values are being spit out by pg_dump using escaped octet sequences even when the "-Fc" option is present specifying use of the custom binary output format rather than plain text format. This bloats the size of bytea values in the dump file by a factor of 3+ typically. When you have alot of large bytea values in your db this can add up very quickly. Shouldn't the custom format be smart and just write the raw bytes to the output file rather than trying to make them ascii readable? Thanks. Steve McWilliams Software Engineer Emprisa Networks 703-691-0433x21 smcwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The information contained in this communication is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this communication is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please resend this communication to the sender and delete the original communication and any copy of it from your computer system. Thank you.
