Re: Minor result error in binary strings documentation

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pelletier(dot)michel(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Minor result error in binary strings documentation
Date: 2020-05-31 01:02:14
Message-ID: 15129.1590886934@sss.pgh.pa.us
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PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> On the page:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/functions-binarystring.html

> The result for decode('123\000456', 'escape') is incorrect, it should be:

> # select decode('123\000456', 'escape');
> decode
> ------------------
> \x31323300343536

The example is "correct" as given, because it assumes bytea_output is set
to escape, as noted at the top of the page. For v13, I have adjusted all
the examples on this page to follow the modern default of bytea_output =
hex, but I don't plan to retrofit the older branches that way.

regards, tom lane

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