| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> | 
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| To: | Phil Endecott <spam_from_postgresql_general(at)chezphil(dot)org> | 
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Subject: | Re: Import SVG file | 
| Date: | 2005-02-01 17:33:16 | 
| Message-ID: | 20050201173316.GA6585@dcc.uchile.cl | 
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On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 04:48:10PM +0000, Phil Endecott wrote:
Hi,
> > Have I to do some byte-stuffing before the import?
> 
> Yes, you will have to do the necessary escaping.  I think that the 
> postgres C library has code to do this, and others have mentioned the 
> possibilities with other languages.  You cannot do it with anything 
> quite as simple as the one line of psql that you posted.
If you are using C then you may as well use PQexecParams() and pass the
datum as a pointer.  Then you don't need to escape anything.
-- 
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[(at)]dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>)
"World domination is proceeding according to plan"        (Andrew Morton)
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