> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > However, there's a trap: before things get to bytea input handler, they
> > are first processed by postgresql general parser.
> 
> This description fails to make clear that the two levels of parsing only
> apply for datums that are written as string literals in SQL commands.
> An example where this doesn't apply is COPY input data.

Are you talking about my SGML changes? I clearly mention quote-handling
and bytea handling, which pretty clearly not apply in COPY.

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