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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #13736: pg_dump should use E'' quotes
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Msg-id 4078.1445897143@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #13736: pg_dump should use E'' quotes  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #13736: pg_dump should use E'' quotes  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Yes.  For one thing, there would immediately be zero chance of loading
>> view definitions produced by pg_dump into any other DBMS,

> Ironic...​we cannot write a standard conforming string out because we are
> concerned other databases will be unable to read it.

Hm?  The E'' syntax would specifically *not* be standard conforming.

            regards, tom lane

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