Re: PG 9.0 and standard_conforming_strings - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PG 9.0 and standard_conforming_strings
Date
Msg-id 10281.1264796915@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to PG 9.0 and standard_conforming_strings  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: PG 9.0 and standard_conforming_strings  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: PG 9.0 and standard_conforming_strings  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Re: PG 9.0 and standard_conforming_strings  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> With the release of Postgres 9.0, should we consider changing the
> default for 'standard_conforming_strings'?

I'm inclined to think we're going to have enough problems without that.
Changing that default will break, approximately speaking, every single
Postgres client app.  Do you really think more than epsilon of them
are clean and ready for such a change?
        regards, tom lane


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