Re: How to convert HEX to ASCII? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: How to convert HEX to ASCII?
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Msg-id CAHyXU0yHgsoXJYar94vgLBvBa+zenZxJupZCMb8VSHcuLQFSag@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: How to convert HEX to ASCII?  (Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org>)
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On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Marti Raudsepp <marti@juffo.org> wrote:
> Sorry, but AFAICT this makes a mess of encodings and only works by
> pure luck. The server thinks it's sending the client LATIN1 text, but
> it's actually UTF8-encoded and the last decoding step is done by your
> terminal.

yup -- your're right -- what a coincidence!  I still prefer the 1
liner sql variant vs plpgsql loop though.  nicely done.

merlin

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