Re: bytea_output output of base64

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: bytea_output output of base64
Date: 2017-02-23 21:08:58
Message-ID: 6762.1487884138@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> Is there a reason we don't support base64 as a bytea_output output
> option, except that no one has implemented it?

How about "we already have one too many bytea output formats"?
I don't think forcing code to try to support still another one
is a great thing ... especially not if it couldn't be reliably
distinguished from the hex format.

regards, tom lane

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