Re: bytea vs. pg_dump

From: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
Subject: Re: bytea vs. pg_dump
Date: 2009-07-08 09:23:32
Message-ID: 07F7ECE41BBB79F44E6C0ECD@teje
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--On Dienstag, Juli 07, 2009 18:07:08 -0400 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
wrote:

> Enum. If we do this then it seems entirely fair that someone might
> want other settings someday. Also, it seems silly to pick a format
> partly on the grounds that it's expansible, and then not make the
> control GUC expansible. Perhaps
>
> SET bytea_output = [ hex | traditional ]

I like the enum much better, too, but

SET bytea_output = [ hex | escape ]

looks better to me (encode/decode are using something like this already).

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Thanks

Bernd

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