Re: BYTEA / DBD::Pg change in 9.0 beta - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alex Hunsaker
Subject Re: BYTEA / DBD::Pg change in 9.0 beta
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Msg-id AANLkTikU6ydVVSf7Y768GyQ21MeqYbpPfBVqsPJsN8ou@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: BYTEA / DBD::Pg change in 9.0 beta  (Jesper Krogh <jesper@krogh.cc>)
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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 15:20, Jesper Krogh <jesper@krogh.cc> wrote:
> On 2010-05-18 23:12, Alex Hunsaker wrote:
>>
>> set bytea_output 'escape';
>
> That was it. Knowing what the problem was I had no problem finding it in the
> release notes.
>
> May I ask whats the reason is for "breaking" the compatibillity?

There were a couple IIRC, the big ones being speed and size.  Id look
at the archives for more.

I imagine at some point DBD::Pg will handle this transparently.  I
also imagine Greg would happily accept patches :-)


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