Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> So you can tell a newline in the data from a wrap due to line length.
>> The need to be able to do that is not dependent on how many columns
>> there are.
> If that's really what we want then I think we're doing a terrible job of
> it. Have a look at the output of:
> select
> E'xxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> as a, 1 as b;
> How do we know from that where the linefeeds are, exactly?
It works quite nicely for me ... in HEAD that is:
regression=# select
E'xxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' as a, 1 as b;
a | b
------------------------------------------------------+---xxxxxxx +|
1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +| xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
(1 row)
regression=#
The point here is exactly that previous versions didn't show the
distinction well.
regards, tom lane
