with Postgres 8.4: SQL 1: update customer set note = ('A' || '\r\n' || 'B') where 1=0; generates: WARNING: nonstandard use of escape in a string literal LINE 1: update customer set note = ('A' || '\r\n' || 'B') where 1=0; ^ HINT: Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'. (Note is of datatype TEXT) SQL 2: select ('A' || '\r\n' || 'B') as tt from customer limit 1 Functions without escaping literal On postgres 8.3.7 both of the above SQLs function without requiring any literals to be escaped. This seems inconsistent to me in that I would have thought that in Postgres 8.4 either both SQLs would have required escaping or neither of them would have required escaping. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general