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Re: [BUGS] COPY FROM is not 8bit clean - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [BUGS] COPY FROM is not 8bit clean
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Msg-id 17211.1014766407@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [BUGS] COPY FROM is not 8bit clean  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [BUGS] COPY FROM is not 8bit clean  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Can someone explain why this fixes the problem.

Think about a machine where char is signed by default.  Extracting \254
into an int will produce -2, which will not equal \254 returned by getc.
        regards, tom lane

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