On 14/08/28 7:31, Rich Shepard wrote: > I have some rows in a table where a column attribute has a newline (\n) > appended to the string. How do I represent that newline character in a SQL > statement using psql? > > I've tried adding E'\n' to the end of the string but that doesn't work. > > Here's what I see when I select distinct for that column: > > StarvationCrk+ > > > That's a blank line below the name. > > TIA, Not sure what you mean by "doesn't work"; if you want a more precise rendering of the newline character, the unicode linestyle (suggested by Tom Lane in the previous thread) should do the trick: postgres=> \pset linestyle unicode Line style (linestyle) is unicode. postgres=> SELECT E'foo\n'; ?column? ────────── foo ↵ (1 row) Regards Ian Barwick -- Ian Barwick http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general