pgsql: Doc: explain that the string types can't store \0 (ASCII NUL). - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From Tom Lane
Subject pgsql: Doc: explain that the string types can't store \0 (ASCII NUL).
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Msg-id E1kmgRi-0000xi-4K@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Doc: explain that the string types can't store \0 (ASCII NUL).

This restriction was mentioned in connection with string literals,
but it wasn't made clear that it's a general restriction not just
a syntactic limitation in query strings.

Per unsigned documentation comment.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/160720552914.710.16625261471128631268@wrigleys.postgresql.org

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REL_13_STABLE

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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/c5ba66077054e05f07f4e1c80d588f3f3c374b1c

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doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 13 +++++++++----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)


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