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Re: Gripe: bytea_output default => data corruption

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rod@xxxxxx wrote:
>...
> In fairness, it *is* flagged in the release note - it's the first item 
> under "data types" in the list of incompatibilities.

Quote:
    "bytea output now appears in hex format by default (Peter Eisentraut)
     The server parameter bytea_output can be used to select the
     traditional output format if needed for compatibility."

This is inadequate, because it fails to warn that pre-9.0 clients will
decode the data incorrectly without reporting an error.

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