Re: how to handle data containing '\0'

From: "Larry Rosenman" <lrosenman(at)pervasive(dot)com>
To: "Marc Herbert" <Marc(dot)Herbert(at)continuent(dot)com>, <pgsql-jdbc(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: how to handle data containing '\0'
Date: 2006-05-17 13:48:21
Message-ID: F6616E0E81AC0841B1F9DD252F7C4B55041A74@ausmaildd.aus.pervasive.com
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Marc Herbert wrote:
> "EBIHARA, Yuichiro" <ebihara(at)iplocks(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
>
>>
>> I need to handle String data containing '\0' in my Java + JDBC
>> program. Such data can happen at other systems and be sent to
>> PostgreSQL. Here is a sample to simulate it in Java code.
>
> As far as I know, it is not possible to store such strings in a
> postgreSQL database (whatever the client interface used). The reason
> seems to be that postgreSQL is written in C, and most C functions use
> \0 as a string terminator.
>
the bytea datatype handles such strings.

LER

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