Re: Re: Toast,bytea, Text -blob all confusing - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Re: Toast,bytea, Text -blob all confusing
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Msg-id 200109040454.f844soF21061@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Re: Toast,bytea, Text -blob all confusing  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > However, there's a trap: before things get to bytea input handler, they
> > are first processed by postgresql general parser.
> 
> This description fails to make clear that the two levels of parsing only
> apply for datums that are written as string literals in SQL commands.
> An example where this doesn't apply is COPY input data.

Are you talking about my SGML changes? I clearly mention quote-handling
and bytea handling, which pretty clearly not apply in COPY.

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