Re: PQescapeBytea v 7.2.3 BUG?

Reid Thompson <reid(dot)thompson(at)ateb(dot)com> writes:
> should
> sprintf(buffer, "%c", 0x5C);
> readsz = 1;
> buffer2Ptr =(unsigned char *) PQescapeBytea(buffer, readsz, &esclen);
> for (ctr = 0; ctr < strlen(buffer2Ptr); ctr++)
> {
> printf("char[%d] is [%c]\n", ctr, buffer2Ptr[ctr]);
> }
> printf("esclen is [%d]\n", esclen);
> printf("buffer2Ptr is [%s]\n", buffer2Ptr);
> result in the following output?

> char[0] is [\]
> char[1] is [\]
> char[2] is [\]
> char[3] is [\]
> esclen is [5]
> buffer2Ptr is [\\\\]

Looks okay to me. Note the 7.2 manual mistakenly claims that esclen
doesn't include the trailing null in the output. According to the
current manual, it does.

regards, tom lane