Re: plpgsql language not aware of standard_conforming_strings ?

"Sabin Coanda" <sabin(dot)coanda(at)deuromedia(dot)ro> wrote in message
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> How can I get my desired function that means when I call test( 'a\b' ) it
> will return 'a\\b' ?
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The problem seems to be the constant evaluation in plpgsql functions which
is not aware of standard_conforming_strings.
An answer may be to build my own replace function, that doesn't use constant
evaluation inside.
For instance:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION myreplace(sText varchar, sSrc varchar, sDst
varchar) RETURNS varchar AS $BODY$
BEGIN
RETURN replace( sText, sSrc, sDst );
END;
$BODY$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

Using this function will give the expected result, when
standard_conforming_strings = 'on', so
SELECT myreplace( 'a\b', '\', '\\' ); will give the result 'a\\b' as
expected.

In fact this is an workaround :((. It would be nice to make the language to
works like that :).

Regards,
Sabin