On 13/10/2010 22:03, ljb wrote:
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.
I thought myself that the word "incompatibility" was fairly
self-explanatory... :-)
Ray.
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