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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2011-02-13 09:29:01 -0500 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2011-02-13 09:29:01 -0500 |
| commit | 5569ae52ae206b3e35411df435884cf848ae0494 (patch) | |
| tree | 76dd10372f46de94d6b08b2782422113c2740ee6 /doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml | |
| parent | cebbaa1d5d2729c1b9dde0b472b4b034ef2f44b0 (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-5569ae52ae206b3e35411df435884cf848ae0494.tar.gz | |
Clarify documentation for libpq's PQescapeBytea to mention the new hex
format.
Modify PQescapeStringConn() docs to be consisent with other escaping
functions.
Add mention problems with pre-9.0 versions of libpq using not understanding
bytea hex format to the 9.0 release notes.
Backpatch to 9.0 docs.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml index 4902c058a9..f33ceea226 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.0.sgml @@ -2342,7 +2342,8 @@ whether hex or traditional format is used for <type>bytea</> output. Libpq's <function>PQescapeByteaConn()</> function automatically uses the hex format when connected to <productname>PostgreSQL</> 9.0 - or newer servers. + or newer servers. However, pre-9.0 libpq versions will not + correctly process hex format from newer servers. </para> <para> |