Re: escape string type for upcoming 8.1 - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: escape string type for upcoming 8.1
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Msg-id 878xz9bq10.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: escape string type for upcoming 8.1  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: escape string type for upcoming 8.1  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:

> E'' is more a marker than a type.  I realize making E a type might work,
> but it seems unusual.
>
> What we could do is backpatch E'' to 8.0.X as a no-op like it will be in
> 8.1.

What happens if someone already has a type called "e" ?

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greg

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