I have received very few replies to my suggestion that we implement E'' for escaped strings, so eventually, after a few major releases, we can have '' treat backslashes literally like the SQL standard requires. I assume this is because most people say, "yea, it is going to be a pain, and yea, we should probably do it". A summary of the plan is at: http://candle.pha.pa.us/cgi-bin/pgescape Therefore, I will soon apply the escape patch at: ftp://candle.pha.pa.us/pub/postgresql/mypatches/escape I will also backpatch the E'' syntax and read-only GUC variables to earlier releases. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
