bytea hex input/output - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Michael Artz
Subject bytea hex input/output
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Msg-id 1147810463.746249.14600@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
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Responses Re: bytea hex input/output  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Silly little question, but is there something to input/output hex
escaped data into a bytea, ala

CREATE TABLE a (lob BYTEA);
INSERT into a (lob) VALUES ('\x01\x02\x00\x03\x04');
INSERT into a (lob) VALUES ('\x01\x00\x02\x00\x03\x04');

It seems to work (doesn't error), but when selecting the data back out,
it is truncated at the first \x00, ala

SELECT lob FROM a;

  lob
----------
 \001\002
 \001

SELECT octet_length(lob) from a;

 octet_length
--------------
            2
            1

Why does this happen?  Also, can I get the output in similar hex form?


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