On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 12:18:15PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Michael Fuhr <mike@xxxxxxxx> writes: > > I just noticed that record_out(foo) works only in 8.1. When I have > > more time I'll see if it's possible in earlier versions. > > Probably not :-( This works in 8.0.4, although it gives even more decoration: test=> SELECT id, textin(record_out(row(foo), tableoid)) FROM foo; id | textin ----+----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ("(1,123,""this is a test"",2005-11-02,t,""\\\\000\\\\001\\\\002"")") (1 row) test=> SELECT id, md5(textin(record_out(row(foo), tableoid))) FROM foo; id | md5 ----+---------------------------------- 1 | 3e66ee01b83eeb1a2444df326b75ffe0 (1 row) -- Michael Fuhr ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend