t == tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: t> "Brandon Metcalf" <bmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: t> > t == tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: t> > t> See standard_conforming_strings and escape_string_warning. t> > Excellent. I had missed the standard_conforming_strings and will turn t> > this on. Hold on. Yes, that did it. Thanks so much. t> Well, if your intent is to replicate 8.1's behavior, you should instead t> frob the other switch. I now have escape_string_warning = off and standard_conforming_strings = on in postgresql.conf and things are back to how they were. That is no warnings and backslashes treated literally. A related question, is it in any way possible that a control sequence could have been sent from a client that caused a fast shutdown? Our server log shows a fast shutdown request last night, but nobody manually issued such a request. -- Brandon