Re: how to get pg_dump in postgesql 8.2 to create inserts with E'....' for back slashes

On Jul 5, 2007, at 5:33 AM, mike lane wrote:
> I have been trying to get postgresql 8.2 to create sql insert
> commands which,
> for a field of type byteA with back-slashes, are in the form E'xxx
> \yy\zz'
>
> I assume that the same cannot be done with postgresql versions 7.
>
> I have found how to turn off the warning if the insert used a back-
> slash as an
> escape character (ie. in the form 'xxx\\yy\\zz').
>
> I am in the process of changing from version 7.4 to 8.2 and from
> what I
> understand the correct way to have the insert is without the escape
> back-slash.

Use the 8.2 version of pg_dump and you should be fine, at least on
escapes.
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