"George Weaver" <gweaver@xxxxxxx> writes: > Actually, I found that the double backslashes are required whether the E is > used or not: You must be using a relatively old PG version then. Default behavior since around 9.1 has been that backslashes aren't special except in E'' strings. 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