Re: escape string type for upcoming 8.1

From: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql(at)empires(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: escape string type for upcoming 8.1
Date: 2005-08-10 18:33:31
Message-ID: 878xz9bq10.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:

> E'' is more a marker than a type. I realize making E a type might work,
> but it seems unusual.
>
> What we could do is backpatch E'' to 8.0.X as a no-op like it will be in
> 8.1.

What happens if someone already has a type called "e" ?

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greg

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