Re: Appended '+' in Column Value

From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Appended '+' in Column Value
Date: 2014-08-22 21:54:33
Message-ID: 20140822215433.GE2902@hermes.hilbert.loc
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On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 02:46:46PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:

> One column in a table has values for the attribute 'stream'. Some queries
> return some rows where a stream name (only identified one so far) has an
> appended '+'. I cannot update the table to remove that appended character,
> and I've not seen this before.
>
> Example:
>
> 2220 | STV | 2012-07-12 | Nematoda | | |
> | | Omnivore | 50 | | StarvationCrk+| Owyhee
> | | | | | |
> | | | | | |
> 2701 | STV-10 | 2013-07-10 | Nematoda | | |
> | | Omnivore | 36 | | StarvationCrk | Owyhee
>
> I'd appreciate learning where that '+' originates

It's probably an indication of a wrapped column value inside
the display column bounded by |'s.

Try fiddling with \x and \pset.

Karsten
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