| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Igor Georgiev <gory(at)alphasoft-bg(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: "COPY FROM" recognize \xDD sequence - addition to copy.c |
| Date: | 2002-10-17 03:58:14 |
| Message-ID: | 200210170358.g9H3wFQ13261@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Right now we assume \XXX is octal. We could support \x as hex because
> > \x isn't any special backslash character. However, no one has ever
> > asked for this. Does anyone else think this would be benficial?
>
> Well, it seems pretty localized and harmless. If it lets us import
> Sybase dumps, doesn't that boost our plans for world domination? ;-)
Yes, it does. I will add it to TODO:
o Allow copy to understand \x as hex
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