Re: How to insert Ecoded values into postrgresql - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: How to insert Ecoded values into postrgresql
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Msg-id 7568.1271776074@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: How to insert Ecoded values into postrgresql  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Given the lack of field complaints, I think changing this would be a
>> pretty terrible idea; much more likely to break things than fix them.
>> It's not like that RFC has huge recognition as The Standard.

> Should we document we support the standard?

I'm inclined to think not: there's no evidence that anyone cares about
compliance to that RFC, and anyway we *don't* support the standard
exactly, per Merlin's report.  We'd have to say something like "we
support the standard except for line-endings", which is only going to
muddy the waters.

            regards, tom lane

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