Re: Escape handling in COPY, strings, psql - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Escape handling in COPY, strings, psql
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Msg-id 3945.1117379749@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Escape handling in COPY, strings, psql  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> One other idea would be to remove escape processing for single-quoted
> strings but keep it for our $$ strings, becuase they are not ANSI
> standard.

There is *no* escape processing within $$, and never will be, because
that would destroy the entire point.  You'd be right back having to
double backslashes.
        regards, tom lane


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