Re: "COPY FROM" recognize \xDD sequence - addition to - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: "COPY FROM" recognize \xDD sequence - addition to
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Msg-id 200210171855.g9HItZH24303@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: "COPY FROM" recognize \xDD sequence - addition to  (Gavin Sherry <swm@linuxworld.com.au>)
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Gavin Sherry wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
> 
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > > Right now we assume \XXX is octal.  We could support \x as hex because
> > > \x isn't any special backslash character.  However, no one has ever
> > > asked for this.  Does anyone else think this would be benficial?
> > 
> > Well, it seems pretty localized and harmless.  If it lets us import
> > Sybase dumps, doesn't that boost our plans for world domination? ;-)
> 
> Can we add:
> 
>         o    World Domination
> 
> To the TODO list?

That's already in there, but in subliminal type.

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