Re: BUG #13736: pg_dump should use E'' quotes

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Felipe Gasper <felipe(at)felipegasper(dot)com>, "pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #13736: pg_dump should use E'' quotes
Date: 2015-10-26 22:05:43
Message-ID: 4078.1445897143@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Yes. For one thing, there would immediately be zero chance of loading
>> view definitions produced by pg_dump into any other DBMS,

> Ironic...we cannot write a standard conforming string out because we are
> concerned other databases will be unable to read it.

Hm? The E'' syntax would specifically *not* be standard conforming.

regards, tom lane

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