Re: "COPY FROM" recognize \xDD sequence - addition to copy.c

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(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 03:25:57
Message-ID: 4104.1034825157@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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? ;-)

regards, tom lane

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