Re: Documentation for pgp_pub_decrypt

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: joe(at)snikeris(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Documentation for pgp_pub_decrypt
Date: 2016-09-26 19:44:37
Message-ID: 1669.1474919077@sss.pgh.pa.us
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joe(at)snikeris(dot)com writes:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/pgcrypto.html
> Description:

> I believe the first argument should be of type &#39;text&#39;. Especially
> considering the paragraph that follows discusses how passing in bytea is
> disallowed.

No, that's how the function is declared. Maybe the following para isn't
clear enough. What it's talking about is that the encrypted message has
to contain a marker saying it was originally text.

regards, tom lane

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