Re: Possible to run the server with ANSI/ISO string

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: Ken Johanson <pg-user(at)kensystem(dot)com>
Cc: Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql(at)empires(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PgSQL General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Possible to run the server with ANSI/ISO string
Date: 2005-02-28 18:24:46
Message-ID: 20050228182446.GA27212@wolff.to
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On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 10:13:00 -0700,
Ken Johanson <pg-user(at)kensystem(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Besides, the version-deprecation / version requirements you mention
> exists in every piece of software I've even seen. Sometime they're okay
> with a really old version, sometime only the newest will do. This is the
> very argument for getting PG to offer an (use-optional) escape behavior
> inline with the rest - to mitigate these version requirements down the road.

Shouldn't this data be being passed through some standard code that checks if
escaping is needed? If so, is that the right place to handle whether or not
backslashes need to be escaped in addition to single quotes?

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