"James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am particularly nonplussed over the 'ERROR: 55P02: parameter > "standard_conforming_strings" cannot be changed' message. Can > anyone here clue me in as to what I am doing wrong? 8.1 did have a read-only parameter named that; in 8.2 and later it's a read-write parameter. Sounds like you're using some client-side software that's not designed to work against such an old server, and expects that it can set the value however it likes. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general