backslash in psql output

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org (PostgreSQL-development)
Subject: backslash in psql output
Date: 1998-10-09 20:24:14
Message-ID: 199810092024.QAA26179@candle.pha.pa.us
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I believe Tom Lane removed the double-backslash from the psql output by
modifying PQprint.

I recommend that is reversed, because psql escapes out the table column
delimiters with a single backslash, and now the format will be
ambigious.

rtest=> create table test(x text);
ERROR: test relation already exists
test=> create table test3(x text);
CREATE
test=> insert into test3 values ('\\x');
INSERT 322185 1
test=> select * from test3;
x
--
\x
(1 row)

This used to show as:

x
--
\\x
(1 row)

Comments?

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